1079
| Years: 1076 1077 1078 - 1079 - 1080 1081 1082 | |
| Decades: 1040s 1050s 1060s - 1070s - 1080s 1090s 1100s | |
| Centuries: 10th century - 11th century - 12th century | |
- Halsten and Ingold I succeed Haakon the Red in Sweden.
- Ladislaus Herman succeeds Boleslaus II in Poland.
- William I of England establishes the New Forest.
- Constance of Burgundy founds a monastery in Burgos.
- Abbess Hildegarde of St. Ruprechtsberg makes the first surviving reference to the use of hops in brewing. (or 1067?)
- Pierre Abélard, scholastic philosopher
- Emperor Horikawa of Japan
- Kilij Arslan I
- Alice, daughter of Hugh Capet of France
- Adáele (Alix), daughter of Robert II of France