What Happened in 1079

Major Events

  • Mar 6 Omar ibn Ibrahim al-Chajjam completes Jalali-calendar
  • Mar 16 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar
  • Apr 11 Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland

Born in 1079

  • Aug 8 Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)

Who Died in 1079

  • May 8 Stanislaus, Polish clergyman (Bishop of Kraków, 1072-79), martyr, and Catholic saint, murdered by of King Bolesław II the Bold, at 48 [date observed in Poland, exact date disputed, some sources say April, some May 7]


World Leaders in 1079