1078

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1040s  1050s  1060s  – 1070s –  1080s  1090s  1100s
Years:	1075 1076 1077 – 1078 – 1079 1080 1081

Nikephoros III (middle) (c. 1002–1081)

Year 1078 (MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• The Tower of London is built.
• Philaretos Brachamios does not keep his claim to the Byzantine Empire after he becomes duke of Antioch.
• August 7 – Battle of Mellrichstadt between Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and the German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia

Births

for more information, see Category:1078 births.