1108

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1070s  1080s  1090s  – 1100s –  1110s  1120s  1130s
Years:	1105 1106 1107 – 1108 – 1109 1110 1111

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1108 (MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1108th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 108th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 12th century, and the 9th year of the 1100s decade. As of the start of 1108, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Asia

• The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryakuji Temple near Kyoto.
• Alexius I Comnenus and Bohemund I of Antioch negotiate the Treaty of Devol.

Europe

• May – Battle of Uclés: The Almoravids defeat the Kingdom of Castile and roll back the advances of Reconquista; several towns recently captured by Christians are lost to the conquering Berbers such as Tarragona.
• Saint Magnus becomes the first Earl of Orkney.
• In Pistoia, Italy, the Cathedral of San Zeno burns to the ground.
• Louis VI of France starts to rule.
• First mention of the consuls of Bergamo indicating that the city has become an independent republic.

Religion

• Chichester Cathedral is consecrated.

Births

• Bohemund II of Antioch (d. 1131)
• Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (d. 1171)
• Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1141)

Deaths

• July 29 – King Philip I of France (b. 1052)
• Saint Alberic