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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1050s  1060s  1070s  – 1080s –  1090s  1100s  1110s
Years:	1083 1084 1085 – 1086 – 1087 1088 1089

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 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 León and 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, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025)
• Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)