1081

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s  1060s  1070s  – 1080s –  1090s  1100s  1110s
Years:	1078 1079 1080 – 1081 – 1082 1083 1084

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1081 (MLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1081st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 81st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1080s decade. As of the start of 1081, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1081

Events

• Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern Italy
• Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty
• Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
• Beginning of the construction of Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense.
• May 8 – Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.

Births

• December 1 – King Louis VI of France, French royal (died 1137)