What is 1081?
{{Year nav|1081}} {{Year in various calendars|1081}} {{Year article header|1081}} [[File:Alexios I Komnenos.jpg|thumb|alt=1081 |1081]] == Events == * [[Corfu]] taken from [[Byzantine Empire]] by [[Robert Guiscard]], [[Normans|Norman]] King of Southern [[Italy]] * [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Nicephorus III]] is overthrown by [[Alexius I Comnenus]], ending the Middle [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] period and beginning the [[Comnenus|Comnenan dynasty]] * Alexius I helps defend [[Albania]] from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1081)|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]] &ndash; King [[Louis VI of France]], French royal (died [[1137]]) [[Category:1081| ]]