1080

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s  1060s  1070s  – 1080s –  1090s  1100s  1110s
Years:	1077 1078 1079 – 1080 – 1081 1082 1083

Rudolf of Rheinfelden loses his arm in combat during the Battle on the Elster.

Events

• William I of England, in a letter, reminds the Bishop of Rome that the King of England owes him no allegiance.
• King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes the Latin liturgy in Catholic church in place of the Mozarabic rite.
• Ísleifur Gissurarson, the first bishop in Iceland, dies while giving mass in Skálholt church.
• Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, builds Devizes castle.