1079
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 10th century – 11th century – 12th century |
| Decades: | 1040s 1050s 1060s – 1070s – 1080s 1090s 1100s |
| Years: | 1076 1077 1078 – 1079 – 1080 1081 1082 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1079 MLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1832 |
| Armenian calendar | 528 ԹՎ ՇԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5829 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1000–1001 |
| Bengali calendar | 486 |
| Berber calendar | 2029 |
| English Regnal year | 13 Will. 1 – 14 Will. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1623 |
| Burmese calendar | 441 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6587–6588 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3775 or 3715 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3776 or 3716 |
| Coptic calendar | 795–796 |
| Discordian calendar | 2245 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1071–1072 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4839–4840 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1135–1136 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1000–1001 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4179–4180 |
| Holocene calendar | 11079 |
| Igbo calendar | 79–80 |
| Iranian calendar | 457–458 |
| Islamic calendar | 471–472 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōryaku 3 (承暦３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 983–984 |
| Julian calendar | 1079 MLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3412 |
| Minguo calendar | 833 before ROC 民前833年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −389 |
| Seleucid era | 1390/1391 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1621–1622 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1205 or 824 or 52 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1206 or 825 or 53 |
1079 (MLXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1079th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 79th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 11th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1070s decade. As of the start of 1079, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- Persian astronomer, Omar Khayyám, determined the length of the year as 365.24219858156 days which has been the most accurate calculation of old times. Khayyam also wrote Demonstrations of Problems in Algebra, produced a complete classification of cubic equations and their geometric answers.
- Murder of Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów (pol. Stanisław ze Szczepanowa) by Polish King Bolesław II the Bold
- Upon the death of Håkan the Red, Halsten returns as king of Sweden, jointly with his brother Inge the Elder.
- Ladislaus Herman succeeds Boleslaus II in Poland.
- William I of England establishes the New Forest.
- Constance of Burgundy founds a monastery in Burgos.
Births
[change | change source]- August 8 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
- Peter Abelard, French scholastic philosopher (d. 1142)
Deaths
[change | change source]- April 11 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków
- date unknown
- Adela of France, Countess of Flanders, wife of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and mother of Matilda of Flanders, Queen of England (born 1010)
- Agatha of Hungary, wife of Edward the Exile (born 1024)
- Agatha of Normandy, Queen of Castile, daughter of William the Conqueror (born 1064)
- Håkan the Red, king of Gothenland since 1070 and king of Sweden since 1075