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1108

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

Events

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== Europe ==

  • Spring – King Sigurd I sails from England, on the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine. He repels a Muslim fleet near the Tagus River, then attacks Sintra, Lisbon and Alcácer do Sal, and finally defeats a second Muslim fleet further south.{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|year=1997|title=La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age|location=Paris|publisher=Presses Universitaires de France|isbn=2130488102}}
  • May 29 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid forces defeat the armies of Castile and León. The advance of the Reconquista is halted, and the Berbers re-capture the towns of Uclés, Cuenca, Huete and Ocaña. The Christians, many of nobility, are beheaded.{{cite journal|last=McGrank|first=Lawrence|title=Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the principality of Tarragona 1129-55|journal=Journal of Medieval History|year=1981|volume=7|issue=1|pages=67–82|doi=10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1}}
  • July 29 – King Philip I dies at Melun, after a 48-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Louis VI, who, at the start of his rule, faces insurrections from feudal brigands and rebellious robber barons.
  • September – Siege of Dyrrhachium: Italo-Norman forces under Bohemond I lift the siege due to illness and lack of supplies. Bohemond becomes a vassal of the Byzantine Empire by signing the Treaty of Devol.
  • Autumn – The Principality of Nitra ceases to exist, after King Coloman of Hungary, deposes its last ruler, Álmos, duke of Croatia.
  • The consuls of Bergamo are first mentioned, indicating that the city has become an independent commune in Lombardy (Northern Italy).{{cite book|last=Kleinhenz|first=Christopher|title=Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia, Volume 1|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|isbn=0-415-93930-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1piMMqjAf1MC&q=1101+sicile}}

== Levant ==

  • Summer – Jawali Saqawa, Turkish ruler of Mosul, accepts a ransom of 30,000 dinar by Count Joscelin I and releases his cousin Baldwin II, count of Edessa, who is held as prisoner (see 1104).Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 90. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.
  • Baldwin I marches out against Sidon, with the support of a squadron of sailor-adventurers from various Italian cities. A Fatimid fleet from Egypt defeats the Italians in a sea-battle outside the harbour.Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 74. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.

== Asia ==

  • The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan, after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryaku-ji temple near Kyoto. The Taira replace many Fujiwara nobles in important offices – while the Minamoto gain more military experience by bringing parts of Northern Honshu under Japanese control (approximate date).

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