1080s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s 1060s 1070s – 1080s – 1090s 1100s 1110s
Years:	1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events and trends

• 1080 King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes Roman liturgy in Catholic church in place of Mozarabic Rite.
• 1084 Saint Bruno founds the Carthusian Order of monks
• 1086 Emperor Shirakawa starts his cloistered rule
• 1087
  • William II becomes king of England
  • End of the formal reign of Emperor Shirakawa, but not of his cloistered rule
  • Emperor Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan
  • The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari
• 1088
  • Succession of Pope Urban II (1088–1099)
  • Work begins on the third and largest church at Cluny