1087

1087 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1087; MLXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1840
Armenian calendar	536; ԹՎ ՇԼԶ
Assyrian calendar	5837
Balinese saka calendar	1008–1009
Bengali calendar	494
Berber calendar	2037
English Regnal year	21 Will. 1 – 1 Will. 2
Buddhist calendar	1631
Burmese calendar	449
Byzantine calendar	6595–6596
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger); 3784 or 3577; — to —; 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit); 3785 or 3578
Coptic calendar	803–804
Discordian calendar	2253
Ethiopian calendar	1079–1080
Hebrew calendar	4847–4848
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1143–1144
- Shaka Samvat	1008–1009
- Kali Yuga	4187–4188
Holocene calendar	11087
Igbo calendar	87–88
Iranian calendar	465–466
Islamic calendar	479–480
Japanese calendar	Ōtoku 4 / Kanji 1; (寛治元年)
Javanese calendar	991–992
Julian calendar	1087; MLXXXVII
Korean calendar	3420
Minguo calendar	825 before ROC; 民前825年
Nanakshahi calendar	−381
Seleucid era	1398/1399 AG
Thai solar calendar	1629–1630
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年; (male Fire-Tiger); 1213 or 832 or 60; — to —; 阴火兔年; (female Fire-Rabbit); 1214 or 833 or 61

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

Year 1087 (MLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events[edit]

Summer – The Taifa of Valencia falls under the domination of El Cid. He stabilizes the region around Valencia, which has revolted against the Moorish puppet ruler Al-Qadir.^[1]
Inge the Elder returns to Svealand and kills his brother-in-law Blot-Sweyn after a 3-year reign. Inge again proclaims himself king of Sweden (approximate date).

September 9 – William the Conqueror dies in Rouen after a fall from his horse. He is succeeded as king of England by his third son William II.
A fire in London destroys much of the city, including St. Paul's Cathedral. Bishop Maurice starts the rebuilding of a new, much larger cathedral.

Mahdia campaign: The navies of Genoa and Pisa take the capital of the Zirids, and occupy Mahdia for a year. Subsequently, both republics obtain trading privileges.^[2]
Completion of Bab al-Futuh, Cairo

January 3 – Emperor Shirakawa abdicates in favor of his 7-year-old son Horikawa after a 14-year reign. He exerts his personal power to set the cloistered rule system further in motion.

May: The marriage of Caliph al-Muqtadi and Mah-i Mulk is consummated. This marriage strengthens the political relation of Malik-Shah I and the Caliph.

May 9 – The relics of Saint Nicholas, patron saint of seafarers, are stolen by Italian sailors from his church in Myra (modern Turkey) and transported to Bari in southern Italy.^[3]
September 16 – Pope Victor III dies after a 1-year pontificate at Monte Cassino. He is buried in the abbey's chapter house.

^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 83.
^ Gilbert Meynier (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; p. 56.
^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-415-93930-0.
^ "William I (the Conqueror)". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved October 8, 2022.

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