1078

1078 (MLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1078th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 78th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 11th century, and the 9th year of the 1070s decade. As of the start of 1078, the Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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

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

1078 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1078 MLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1831
Armenian calendar	527 ԹՎ ՇԻԷ
Assyrian calendar	5828
Balinese saka calendar	999–1000
Bengali calendar	485
Berber calendar	2028
English Regnal year	12 Will. 1 – 13 Will. 1
Buddhist calendar	1622
Burmese calendar	440
Byzantine calendar	6586–6587
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3774 or 3714     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3775 or 3715
Coptic calendar	794–795
Discordian calendar	2244
Ethiopian calendar	1070–1071
Hebrew calendar	4838–4839
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1134–1135
- Shaka Samvat	999–1000
- Kali Yuga	4178–4179
Holocene calendar	11078
Igbo calendar	78–79
Iranian calendar	456–457
Islamic calendar	470–471
Japanese calendar	Jōryaku 2 (承暦２年)
Javanese calendar	982–983
Julian calendar	1078 MLXXVIII
Korean calendar	3411
Minguo calendar	834 before ROC 民前834年
Nanakshahi calendar	−390
Seleucid era	1389/1390 AG
Thai solar calendar	1620–1621
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1204 or 823 or 51     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1205 or 824 or 52

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 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and the German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia

Births

• King Alexander I of Scotland, Scottish royal (died 1124)
• Constance of France, daughter of King Philip I of France (died 1118)