What is 1079?
{{redlinks|date=April 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}} {{Year nav|1079}} {{Year in various calendars|1079}} {{Year article header|1079}} [[File:Zabojstwo sw Stanislawa by Jan Matejko.jpg|thumb|alt=Stanislaus of Kraków |Stanislaus of Kraków]] == Events == * [[Persian people|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 of Poland|Ladislaus Herman]] succeeds [[Boleslaus II of Poland|Boleslaus II]] in [[Poland]]. * [[William I of England]] establishes the [[New Forest]]. * [[Constance of Burgundy]] founds a [[monastery]] in [[Burgos]]. == Births == * [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Emperor Horikawa]] of Japan (d. [[1107]]) * [[Peter Abelard]], French scholastic philosopher (d. [[1142]]) == Deaths == * [[April 11]] &ndash; [[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]] == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:1079}} [[Category:1079| ]]