Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century
Decades: 1030s 1040s 1050s 1060s 1070s - 1080s - 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s 1130s
Years: 1082 1083 1084 1085 1086 - 1087 - 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092
Events
- William II becomes king of England
- End of the formal reign of Emperor Shirakawa of Japan, but not of his cloistered rule
- Emperor Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan
- The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari
Births
Deaths
- Pope Victor III (1086-1087)
- William I, King of England
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
087 187 107 108 0187 1807 1078 108 11087 10087 10887 10877 ~087 q087 2087 q087 1987 1o87 1p87 1-87 1p87 1077 10u7 10i7 1097 10i7 1086 108y 108u 1088 108u 1087sBefore the day was cleft You led your partner forth to demonstrate And Time and Peace danced by your side along. Peace is a lovely word, and we abhor that red word 'War'; son, Seemed year on year toward weakness to descend. Behold the pattern of a new race-soul, The hero valiant with self-sacrifice, ready to pay the price And out of the arms of pleasure, where they whirled Living new selfless lives--the toiling mothers, sister, daughters, Of men gone forth as target for the foe. Ah, now we know Shining above the smoke and gloom and dark God! wondrous are Thy ways, And the black pit of death comes glorious faith; And to the summits men and women lift This crucial hour of life: Vainly its suffering soul for peace has sought For nothing, nothing, nothing has sufficed From whence has gone the Master and the Spouse. In its long widowhood the world has striven From the vast aweful silences of Heaven And sought for something to assuage its grief. From sorrow, in pursuit of mortal joys. It lost God's presence in a blur of forms; Unto immutable and speechless space Its haggard, tear-drenched face, The promised Second Coming of its Lord. So many widows, widows everywhere, .