Events in History Apr 4 Alexius I Comnenus occupies Byzantine throne Oct 18 Battle of Dyrrhachium: Southern Italian Normans under Robert Guiscard defeat Byzantine army under Alexios I Komnenos (modern Durrës, Albania) Birthdays in History Aug 11 Henry V, King of Germany (1099-1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (1111-1125), born in Goslar, Saxony (d. 1125) [or born 1086] Dec 1 Louis VI of France (d. 1137) 1080 On This Day in History by Year 1082