1081

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  • Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Norman King of Southern Italy
  • Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty
  • Alexius 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.

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