1080

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This article is about the year 1080. For the GameCube snowboarding game, see 1080º Avalanche; For the Nintendo 64 snowboarding game, see 1080° Snowboarding; For the poison, see 1080 (poison).

Years: 1077 1078 1079 - 1080 - 1081 1082 1083

Decades: 1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s

Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century

Events

• William I of England, in a letter, reminds the Bishop of Rome that the King of England owes him no allegiance.
• King Alfonso VI of Castile establishes Latin liturgy in Catholic church in place of Mozarabic rite.
• Ísleifur Gissurarson, the first bishop in Iceland, dies while giving mass in Skálholt church.

Births

• Leopold IV of Austria (d. 1141)
• Teresa of Leon, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (d. 1130)

Deaths

• April 17 - King Harald III of Denmark (b. 1041)