1080

1080 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1080; MLXXX
Ab urbe condita	1833
Armenian calendar	529; ԹՎ ՇԻԹ
Assyrian calendar	5830
Balinese saka calendar	1001–1002
Bengali calendar	487
Berber calendar	2030
English Regnal year	14Will. 1– 15Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1624
Burmese calendar	442
Byzantine calendar	6588–6589
Chinese calendar	Mình chưaNăm (EarthGoat); 3777 or 3570; — to —; Canh Thân năm (MetalMonkey); 3778 or 3571
Coptic calendar	796–797
Discordian calendar	2246
Ethiopian calendar	1072–1073
Hebrew calendar	4840–4841
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1136–1137
-Shaka Samvat	1001–1002
-Kali Yuga	4180–4181
Holocene calendar	11080
Igbo calendar	80–81
Iranian calendar	458–459
Islamic calendar	472–473
Japanese calendar	Jōryaku4; ( thừa lịch ４ năm )
Javanese calendar	984–985
Julian calendar	1080; MLXXX
Korean calendar	3413
Minguo calendar	832 beforeROC; Dân trước 832 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−388
Seleucid era	1391/1392AG
Thai solar calendar	1622–1623
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ dương năm; (female Earth-Goat); 1206 or 825 or 53; — to —; Dương kim năm con khỉ; (male Iron-Monkey); 1207 or 826 or 54

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century; 11th century; 12th century;
Decades:	1060s; 1070s; 1080s; 1090s; 1100s;
Years:	1077; 1078; 1079; 1080; 1081; 1082; 1083;

Year1080(MLXXX) was aleap year starting on Wednesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

Autumn –Nikephoros Melissenos,a Byzantine general and aristocrat, seizes control of what remains of ByzantineAsia Minor(modernTurkey), and proclaims himself emperor againstNikephoros III.Melissenos makes an alliance with SultanSuleiman ibn Qutulmishand recruits many Turkishmercenariesto his army.^[1]

January 27–Battle of Flarchheim:EmperorHenry IVdefeats the forces led by the German anti-kingRudolf of Rheinfelden,duke ofSwabia,near the town ofFlarchheim(modernGermany).
April 17– KingHarald IIIdies after a 4-year reign and is buried atDalby ChurchinScania(modernSweden). He is succeeded by his brotherCanute IV(the Holy) as ruler ofDenmark.
October 14–Battle on the Elster:Rudolf of Rheinfelden defeats the imperial forces led by Henry IV at theElster River.Rudolf dies the following day atMerseburgof wounds received.^[2]

May 14–Walcher,bishop ofDurham,is killed by rebel Northumbrians. KingWilliam I(the Conqueror) sends a punitive expedition led by his half-brotherOdo of Bayeuxto pacifyNorthumbria.^[3]
Autumn –Robert Curthose,a son of William I, is sent to invadeScotland.He reaches as far asFalkirkand forces KingMalcolm IIIto agree to terms while building fortifications atNewcastle-on-Tyne.
Osmund,bishop ofSalisbury,buildsDevizes CastleinWiltshire.

TheRubenid Principality of Ciliciagains independence after its founder,Ruben I,succeeds in establishing his authority in the mountainous regions ofCilicia.

Shen Kuo,Chinesepolymathscientist and statesman, begins his defensive military campaign against theTangutsof theWestern Xia.He successfully defends the invasion route toYanzhou(Shaanxiprovince).

June 25–Wibert of Ravennais elected as anti-pope Clement III during the pro-imperialSynod of Brixen.PopeGregory VIIis deposed, signed in a decree by Henry IV.^[5]
KingAlfonso VI(the Brave) ofLeónandCastileestablishesLatinliturgy in theCatholic Church,in place of theHispanic Rite.
Benno II,bishop ofOsnabrück,founds theBenedictineabby ofIburg Castle(modernGermany).

^Brian Todd Carey (2012).Road to Manzikert: Byzantine and Islamic Warfare (527–1071),p. 158.ISBN 978-1-84884-215-1.
^^a ^bJohn France (1994).Victory in the East (Book extract).ISBN 9780521589871.Godfrey was almost certainly present in support of Henry IV at the battle of Elster in 1080 (sic 1085... an error or typo), when the forces of the anti-king Rudolf triumphed on the field only to see their victory nullified because Rudolf was killed.
^Williams, Hywel (2005).Cassell's Chronology of World History.London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, pp. 113–114.ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^Picard C. (1997).La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age.Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
^Herbert Edward John Cowdrey(1998).Pope Gregory VII, 1073–1085,pp. 201–202 (Oxford University Press).
^"5 forgotten queens and princesses of Scotland".scotsman.RetrievedMay 4,2022.

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