- 1079
Events
*Persian astronomer,
Omar Khayyám , computed the length of the year as 365.24219858156 days which has been the most accurate calculation of old times. Khayyam also, in Treatise on Demonstrations of Problems in Algebra, produced a complete classification of cubic equations and their geometric solutions.
* Murder of SaintStanislaus of Szczepanów "(pol. Stanisław ze Szczepanowa)" by Polish KingBolesław II the Bold
*Halsten andIngold I succeedHaakon the Red inSweden .
*Ladislaus Herman succeeds Boleslaus II inPoland .
*William I of England establishes theNew Forest .
*Constance of Burgundy founds amonastery inBurgos .
*AbbessHildegard of Bingen makes the first surviving reference to the use of hops inbrewing . "(or1067 ? — Hildegard of Bingen/Rupertsberg lived 1098–1179. The reference attributed to her cannot be 1067.)"Births
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August 8 —Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d.1107 )
*Peter Abelard , French scholastic philosopher (d.1142 )Deaths
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April 11 —Stanislaus of Szczepanów , bishop ofKraków
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