1108
year
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.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1108 MCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1861 |
| Armenian calendar | 557 ԹՎ ՇԾԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5858 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1029–1030 |
| Bengali calendar | 515 |
| Berber calendar | 2058 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Hen. 1 – 9 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1652 |
| Burmese calendar | 470 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6616–6617 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3804 or 3744 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3805 or 3745 |
| Coptic calendar | 824–825 |
| Discordian calendar | 2274 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1100–1101 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4868–4869 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1164–1165 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1029–1030 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4208–4209 |
| Holocene calendar | 11108 |
| Igbo calendar | 108–109 |
| Iranian calendar | 486–487 |
| Islamic calendar | 501–502 |
| Japanese calendar | Kajō 3 / Tennin 1 (天仁元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1013–1014 |
| Julian calendar | 1108 MCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3441 |
| Minguo calendar | 804 before ROC 民前804年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −360 |
| Seleucid era | 1419/1420 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1650–1651 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1234 or 853 or 81 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1235 or 854 or 82 |
Events change
By area change
Asia change
- 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 change
- 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.[1]
- 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.[2]
By topic change
Religion change
- Chichester Cathedral is consecrated.
Births change
Deaths change
- July 29 – King Philip I of France (b. 1052)
- Saint Alberic
References change
- ↑ McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.
- ↑ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia, Volume 1. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93930-5.