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| Years: 1076 1077 1078 - 1079 - 1080 1081 1082 | |
| Decades: 1040s 1050s 1060s - 1070s - 1080s 1090s 1100s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century | |
Events
- Persian astronomer, Omar Khayyam, computed the length of the year as 365.24219858156 days which has been the most accurate calculation of old times. Khayyam also, in Treatise on Demonstrations of Problems in Algebra, produced a complete classification of cubic equations and their geometric solutions.
- Halsten and Ingold I succeed Haakon the Red in Sweden.
- Ladislaus Herman succeeds Boleslaus II in Poland.
- William I of England establishes the New Forest.
- Constance of Burgundy founds a monastery in Burgos.
- Abbess Hildegarde of St. Ruprechtsberg makes the first surviving reference to the use of hops in brewing. (or 1067?)
Births
- Pierre Abélard, French scholastic philosopher (d. 1142)
- Emperor Horikawa of Japan
- Kilij Arslan I
Deaths
- Alice, daughter of Hugh Capet of France
- Adáele (Alix), daughter of Robert II of Franceaf:1079
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