1108
Year 1108 (MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryakuji Temple near Kyoto.
Alexius I Comnenus and Bohemund I of Antioch negotiate the Treaty of Devol.
Europe
May - Battle of Ucles: The Almoravids defeat the Kingdom of Castile and roll back the advances of Reconquista; several towns recently captured by Christians are lost to the conquering Berbers such as Tarragona.
Saint Magnus becomes the first Earl of Orkney.
In Pistoia, Italy, the Cathedral of San Zeno burns to the ground.
Louis VI of France starts to rule.
First mention of the consuls of Bergamo indicating that the city has become an independent republic.
By topic
Religion
Chichester Cathedral is consecrated.
Births
Bohemund II of Antioch (d. 1131) 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
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