1081
Events Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern ItalyByzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynastyAlexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the 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 November 11 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1106)December 1 - King Louis VI of France (d. 1137)Suger, abbot of Saint Denis Basilica (d. 1151) Deaths Saint Bernard of Montjoux (or Menthon), patron saint of mountaineers.Byzantine emperor Nicephorus IIISeptember 1 - Eusebius of Angers, Bishop of Angers
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