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Year 1108 (MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • September – Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus and Bohemund I of Antioch negotiate the Treaty of Devol.
  • The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryaku-ji temple near Kyoto.

    • Europe

  • Spring – The Norwegian king Sigurd the Crusader sails from England on the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine. He repels a Muslim fleet near the Tagus river, he then attacks Sintra; Lisbon and Alcácer do Sal and finally defeats a second Muslim fleet further south.
  • May 29 – Battle of Uclés: The Almoravids decisively defeat forces of the kingdoms of Castile and León and roll back the advances of Reconquista; several towns recently captured by Christians are lost to the conquering Berbers such as Tarragona.
  • July 29 – Louis VI of France starts to rule on the death of his father; on August 3 he is crowned in Orléans Cathedral.
  • Autumn – The Principality of Nitra ceases to exist, after Coloman, King of Hungary, deposes its last ruler, Álmos, Duke of Croatia.
  • Pistoia Cathedral in Italy suffers a severe fire.
  • First mention of the consuls of Bergamo indicating that the city has become an independent republic.

    • Religion

  • Chichester Cathedral is consecrated in England.

    • Births

  • Bohemund II of Antioch (d. 1130)
  • Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (d. 1171)
  • Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1141)

    • Deaths

  • July 29 – King Philip I of France (b. 1052)
  • Saint Alberic

    • References

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