Year 1108 (MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- The Taira and Minamoto clans join forces to rule Japan after defeating the warrior monks of the Enryakuji Temple near Kyoto.
- Alexius I Comnenus and Bohemund I of Antioch negotiate the Treaty of Devol.
Europe
- May – Battle of Uclés: The Almoravids defeat the Kingdom of Castile and roll back the advances of Reconquista; several towns recently captured by Christians are lost to the conquering Berbers such as Tarragona.
- Saint Magnus becomes the first Earl of Orkney.
- In Pistoia, Italy, the Cathedral of San Zeno burns to the ground.
- Louis VI of France starts to rule.
- First mention of the consuls of Bergamo indicating that the city has become an independent republic.
By topic
Religion
Births
- Bohemund II of Antioch (d. 1131)
- Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (d. 1171)
- Leopold IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1141)
Deaths
