1088

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s  1060s  1070s  – 1080s –  1090s  1100s  1110s
Years:	1085 1086 1087 – 1088 – 1089 1090 1091

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  The University of Bologna is established.

1088 (MLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1088th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 88th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1080s decade. As of the start of 1088, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Pope Urban II ('Urbanus') (r. 1088–1099)

Events

• Succession of Pope Urban II (1088-1099)
• Work begins on the third and largest church at Cluny
• Rebellion of 1088 against William II of England lead by Odo of Bayeux.
• Mansur ibn Nasir succeeds Nasir ibn Alnas as ruler of the Hammadid dynasty
• University of Bologna was founded.

Deaths

• January 6 – Berengar of Tours, French theologian
• July 3 – Robert of Rhuddlan, Norman ruler of most of North Wales
• Naser Khosrow, Persian theologian
• William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Norman aristocrat