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Year1084(MLXXXIV) was aleap year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Europe
[edit]- March 31– EmperorHenry IVbesiegesRomeand enters the city. He is crowned Holy Roman Emperor byAntipope Clement IIIin Rome and receives the patrician authority.[1]
- May–Sack of Rome:DukeRobert Guiscardleads a Norman army (36,000 men) north and enters Rome; the city is sacked, and Henry IV is forced to retreat.
- Robert Guiscard returns with 150 warships inIllyria(modernAlbania), and occupiesCorfuandKefaloniawith the support ofRagusaand theDalmatian city-states.
- KingHalsten Stenkilssonis killed and his brotherInge the Elderis deposed inSvealand(modernSweden). Inge is replaced by his brother-in-lawBlot-Sweyn.
Seljuk Empire
[edit]- TheSeljuk Turksunder SultanMalik-Shah Iconquer ByzantineAntioch,held byPhilaretos Brachamios,an Armenian general, who seizes power as ausurper.
Asia
[edit]- Sima Guang,Chinese chancellor and historian, with a group of scholars, completes theZizhi Tong gian,a chronicle ofuniversal historyof China.
- April 21– KingKyansitthabegins his reign as ruler of thePagan KingdominBurma(modernMyanmar).[2]
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Pope Gregory VII,who has been forced by the presence in Rome of Henry IV to retreat to theCastel Sant'Angelo,is freed by Robert Guiscard and restores papal authority in Rome.
- Bruno of Colognefounds theCarthusian Orderwhich includes both monks and nuns. He builds ahermitagein theFrench Alps.[3]
- Building work starts onWorcester Cathedralin England, orchestrated by BishopWulfstan.
Births
[edit]- August 1–Heonjong,Korean king ofGoryeo(d.1097)
- Alan I(le Noir), viscount ofRohan(d.1147)
- Ali ibn Yusuf,ruler of theAlmoravids(d.1143)
- Bahram-Shah,ruler of theGhaznavids(d.1157)
- Charles I(the Good), count ofFlanders(d.1127)
- David I,king ofScotland(approximate date)
- Li Qingzhao,Chinese femalepoetand writer
- Rainier,margrave ofMontferrat(approximate date)
- Rechungpa,Tibetan founder of theKagyuschool (d.1161)
- Wang,Chinese empress of theSong dynasty(d.1108)
Deaths
[edit]- February 16–Siegfried I,archbishop ofMainz
- June 28–Ekkehard of Huysburg,Germanabbot
- October 10–Gilla Pátraic,bishop ofDublin
- November 20–Otto II,margrave of Montferrat
- Aghsartan I,Georgian king ofKakheti and Hereti
- Fujiwara no Kenshi,Japanese empress (b.1057)
- Halsten Stenkilsson,king ofSweden(approximate date)
- Herfast(orArfast), NormanLord Chancellor
- Hoël II,duke ofBrittany(House ofCornouaille)
- Saw Lu,king of thePagan Kingdom(b.1049)
References
[edit]- ^"Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedAugust 8,2018.
- ^E, Harvey G. (2000).History of Burma.Asian Educational Services. p. 36.ISBN9788120613652.
- ^"Carthusian religious order".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedAugust 8,2018.