What is 1086?
{{Year nav|1086}} {{Year in various calendars|1086}} {{Year article header|1086}} [[File:Pope Victor III.jpg|thumb|alt=Pope Victor III (c. 1026–1087) |Pope Victor III (c. 1026–1087)]] == Events == * The [[Domesday Book]] is completed in [[England]]. * [[Emperor Shirakawa]] of [[Japan]] starts his [[cloistered rule]]. * The [[Imam Ali Mosque]] is rebuilt by the [[Seljuk Turks|Seljuk]] [[Malik Shah I]] after being destroyed by fire. * [[May 24]] — [[Pope Victor III]] succeeds [[Pope Gregory VII]] as the 158th [[pope]], though he does not accept election until [[May 9]], [[1087]]. * [[October 23]] – [[Battle of az-Zallaqah]]: [[Alfonso VI of Castile|Alfonso VI]] of [[Kingdom of León|León]] and [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] is defeated by the [[Almoravids]], who had been called into [[Spain]] by [[Abbad III]] of [[Sevilla]]. == Deaths == * [[May 21]] — [[Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut]] * [[May 21]] — [[Wang Anshi]], Chinese [[statesman]], [[economist]] and [[poet]] (b. [[1021]]) * [[July 17]] — King [[Canute IV of Denmark]] (b. [[1043]]) * [[September 25]] — [[William VIII of Aquitaine|William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine]] (b. [[1025]]) * [[Sima Guang]], Chinese historian and statesman (b. [[1019]]) [[Category:1086| ]]