1080s

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Millennia:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century - 11th century - 12th century
Decades:	1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s
Years:	1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

• 1080
  • King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes Roman liturgy in Catholic church in place of Mozarabic rite.
• 1084
  • Saint Bruno founds the Carthusian Order of monks
• 1086
  • Emperor Shirakawa starts his cloistered rule
• 1087
  • William II becomes king of England
  • End of the formal reign of Emperor Shirakawa, but not of his cloistered rule
  • Emperor Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan
  • The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari
• 1088
  • Succession of Pope Urban II (1088-1099)
  • Work begins on the third and largest church at Cluny