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Year 1081 - Historical Events and Notable People

  • ️Sat Jan 01 1081

Historical Events

  • Apr 4 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne
  • Oct 18 Battle of Dyrrhachium: Southern Italian Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos (modern Durrës, Albania)

Born in 1081

  • Dec 1 Louis VI 'The Fat', King of the Franks (1108-37), born in Paris (d. 1137)


Medieval Rulers in 1081