1087

1087 (MLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1087th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 87th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 11th century, and the 8th year of the 1080s decade. As of the start of 1087, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

King William II of England (c. 1056–1100)

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s  1060s  1070s  – 1080s –  1090s  1100s  1110s
Years:	1084 1085 1086 – 1087 – 1088 1089 1090

1087 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1087 MLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1840
Armenian calendar	536 ԹՎ ՇԼԶ
Assyrian calendar	5837
Balinese saka calendar	1008–1009
Bengali calendar	494
Berber calendar	2037
English Regnal year	21 Will. 1 – 1 Will. 2
Buddhist calendar	1631
Burmese calendar	449
Byzantine calendar	6595–6596
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3783 or 3723     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3784 or 3724
Coptic calendar	803–804
Discordian calendar	2253
Ethiopian calendar	1079–1080
Hebrew calendar	4847–4848
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1143–1144
- Shaka Samvat	1008–1009
- Kali Yuga	4187–4188
Holocene calendar	11087
Igbo calendar	87–88
Iranian calendar	465–466
Islamic calendar	479–480
Japanese calendar	Ōtoku 4 / Kanji 1 (寛治元年)
Javanese calendar	991–992
Julian calendar	1087 MLXXXVII
Korean calendar	3420
Minguo calendar	825 before ROC 民前825年
Nanakshahi calendar	−381
Seleucid era	1398/1399 AG
Thai solar calendar	1629–1630
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1213 or 832 or 60     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1214 or 833 or 61

Events

• May 9 – The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari.
• September 9 – 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