1081

1081 (MLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1081st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 81st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 11th century, and the 2nd year of the 1080s decade. As of the start of 1081, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1081

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s  1060s  1070s  – 1080s –  1090s  1100s  1110s
Years:	1078 1079 1080 – 1081 – 1082 1083 1084

1081 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1081 MLXXXI
Ab urbe condita	1834
Armenian calendar	530 ԹՎ ՇԼ
Assyrian calendar	5831
Balinese saka calendar	1002–1003
Bengali calendar	488
Berber calendar	2031
English Regnal year	15 Will. 1 – 16 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1625
Burmese calendar	443
Byzantine calendar	6589–6590
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3777 or 3717     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3778 or 3718
Coptic calendar	797–798
Discordian calendar	2247
Ethiopian calendar	1073–1074
Hebrew calendar	4841–4842
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1137–1138
- Shaka Samvat	1002–1003
- Kali Yuga	4181–4182
Holocene calendar	11081
Igbo calendar	81–82
Iranian calendar	459–460
Islamic calendar	473–474
Japanese calendar	Jōryaku 5 / Eihō 1 (永保元年)
Javanese calendar	985–986
Julian calendar	1081 MLXXXI
Korean calendar	3414
Minguo calendar	831 before ROC 民前831年
Nanakshahi calendar	−387
Seleucid era	1392/1393 AG
Thai solar calendar	1623–1624
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1207 or 826 or 54     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1208 or 827 or 55

Events

• Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern Italy
• Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty
• Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle of Dyrrhachium.
• Beginning of the construction of Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense.
• May 8 – Alfonso VI of Castile marries Constance of Burgundy.

Births

• December 1 – King Louis VI of France, French royal (died 1137)