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| Millennia: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 10th century - 11th century - 12th century |
| Decades: | 1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s |
| Years: | 1080 1081 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 1087 1088 1089 |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
- 1080
- King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes Roman liturgy in Catholic church in place of Mozarabic rite.
- 1084
- Saint Bruno founds the Carthusian Order of monks
- 1086
- Emperor Shirakawa starts his cloistered rule
- 1087
- 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
- The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari
- 1088
- Succession of Pope Urban II (1088-1099)
- Work begins on the third and largest church at Cluny
