* 1088 — The first almanac is the Almanac of Azarqueil written by Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī ( Azarqueil )

Examples: The Cossacks, or The Farm Set Ablaze ( 1840 ); Pierrot's Wedding ( 1845 ).< ref > Les Cosaques, ou la Ferme incendiée, pantomime villageoise à spectacle en 4 tableaux: document F < sup > 18 </ sup > 1085, MS 3035 ; Les Noces de Pierrot, pantomime villageoise en 5 changements: document F < sup > 18 </ sup > 1088, MS 6650 — Archives Nationales de France, Paris .</ ref >

Examples: The Enchanted Pagoda ( 1845 ); The Algerian Corsaire, or The Heroine of Malta ( 1845 ).< ref > La Pagode enchantée, pantomime chinoise en 7 changements à vue: document F < sup > 18 </ sup > 1088, MS 6974 ; Le Corsaire algérien, ou l ' Héroïne de Malte, pantomime en 7 changements, mêlée de combats: document F < sup > 18 </ sup > 1088, MS 7032 — Archives Nationales de France, Paris .</ ref >

There were many great encyclopedists throughout Chinese history, including the scientist and statesman Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) with his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, the statesman, inventor, and agronomist Wang Zhen ( active 1290 – 1333 ) with his Nong Shu of 1313, and the written Tiangong Kaiwu of Song Yingxing ( 1587 – 1666 ), the latter of whom was termed the " Diderot of China " by British historian Joseph Needham.

In 1088 AD, the polymath scientist and statesman Shen Kuo once wrote of the artwork of one Li Cheng, who he criticized as follows:

" The ancient Chinese scientist Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) was the first person to write of the magnetic needle compass and that it improved the accuracy of navigation by employing the astronomical concept of true north ( Dream Pool Essays, AD 1088 ), and by the 12th century the Chinese were known to use the lodestone compass for navigation.

* 1088: the renowned polymath Chinese scientist and official Shen Kuo made the world's first reference to the magnetic compass in his book Dream Pool Essays, along with encyclopedic documentation and inquiry into scientific discoveries.

* 1088 – As written by Shen Kuo in his Dream Pool Essays, the earlier 10th century invention of the pound lock in China allows large ships to travel along canals without laborious hauling, thus allowing smooth travel of government ships holding cargo of up to 700 tan ( 49½ tons ) and large privately owned-ships holding cargo of up to 1600 tan ( 113 tons ).

* 1088 – The Dream Pool Essays is completed by Shen Kuo of Song China.

* Zhu Yu's book is the first to report the use of a magnetic compass for navigation at sea, although the first actual description of the magnetic compass is by another Chinese writer Shen Kuo in his Dream Pool Essays published in 1088.

The Song Dynasty Chinese scientist Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) experimented with a camera obscura, and was the first to apply geometrical and quantitative attributes to it in his book of 1088 AD, the Dream Pool Essays.

The scientist, statesman, and general Shen Kuo ( 1031-1095 AD ) was the author of the Dream Pool Essays ( 1088 ), a large book of scientific literature that included the oldest description of the magnetized compass.

They replaced earlier double slipways that had caused trouble and are mentioned by the Chinese polymath Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) in his book Dream Pool Essays ( published in 1088 ), and fully described in the Chinese historical text Song Shi ( compiled in 1345 ):

Outside China, these seem to be the earliest records ( the Chinese encyclopaedist Shen Kuo gave the first clear account of suspended magnetic compasses a hundred years earlier in 1088 AD with his book Mengxibitan, or Dream Pool Essays ).

In a garden estate on the outskirts of Zhenjiang, the scientist and statesman Shen Kuo ( 1031-1095 AD ) lived the rest of his days in isolation, where he wrote his famous Dream Pool Essays ( 1088 ).

In his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, Shen Kuo took an interdisciplinary approach to archaeology, fusing that subject with his work in optics, metallurgy, music, and geometry.

In his Dream Pool Essays (; Mengxi Bitan ) of 1088, Shen was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass, which would be used for navigation ( first described in Europe by Alexander Neckam in 1187 ).

Shen Kuo permanently moved to the Dream Brook Estate in 1088, and in that same year he completed his life's written work of the Dream Pool Essays, naming the book after his garden-estate property.

" However, the first suspended magnetic needle compass was written of by Shen Kuo in his book of AD 1088.

Although it has become quite accepted that Levi ben Gerson first described Jacob's staff, the Sinologist Joseph Needham theorizes that the Song Dynasty Chinese scientist Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ), in his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, described a Jacob's staff.

Guy first appears in contemporary records when he became the Archbishop of Vienne in 1088.

Desiderius, abbot of Monte Cassino was first chosen pope as Victor III when Gregory VII died in 1085, but after Victor's short reign, Otho was elected Pope Urban II by acclamation ( March 1088 ) at a small meeting of cardinals and other prelates held in Terracina in March 1088.

He first comes to prominence as a supporter of William Rufus during the Rebellion of 1088.

In 1088, Henry de Beaumont was made the first Earl of Warwick.

The first occasion was in 1082, when he was imprisoned ; the second was in 1088, after aiding in the Rebellion of 1088, after which he fled England.

In 1088 Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, enfeoffed the Cotentin to his brother Henry, later King Henry I of England, who as count of the Cotentin established his first power base there and in the adjoining Avranchin, which lay to the south, beyond the River Thar, among the region's lords, abbots and bishops.

Italy became also a seat of great formal learning in 1088 with the establishment of the University of Bologna, the first university in Europe.

In 1088, at the age of only sixteen, William married his first wife, Ermengarde, the daughter of Fulk IV of Anjou.

The Earldom of Surrey was first created in 1088 for William de Warenne, as a reward for loyal service to William during the Conquest.

Crawinkel was first mentioned in 1088.

The succeeding pope, Urban II ( 1088 – 1099 ), spent most of the first half of his pontificate in exile, in southern Italy and in France.

Yet, historically the first mention of São João occurred in 1088: the first reference was the phrase " Uilla de Sancto Ioanne de Mateira ", that appeared in the sale of lands in the territory.

Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088.

Ravensburg was first mentioned in writing in 1088.

Outside Europe, the escapement mechanism had been known and used in medieval China, as the Song Dynasty horologist and engineer Su Song ( 1020 – 1101 ) incorporated it into his astronomical clock-tower of Kaifeng in 1088.

Notable are University of Bologna, 1088, University of Paris, 1150, Oxford University, 1167 and Cambridge University, 1207.

A depiction of the University of Bologna, Italy, founded in 1088.

Su Song had erected a large astronomical clocktower in Kaifeng in 1088.

Up to 1088 of these processors could be arranged in a single system, with a minimum of eight.

A 1088 node KSR1 could have 510 I / O channels with an aggregate in excess of 15 GB / s.

The original KL10 TOPS-10 ( also marketed as DECsystem-10 ) models ( 1080, 1088, etc.

1042 – 29 July 1099 ), born Otho de Lagery ( alternatively: Otto, Odo or Eudes ), was pope from 12 March 1088 until his death on 29 July 1099.

Pisa sacked the Tunisian city of Mahdia in 1088.

Their armies entered the Iberian peninsula on several occasions ( 1086, 1088, 1093 ) and defeated King Alfonso at the Battle of Sagrajas in 1086, but initially their purpose was to unite all the Taifas into a single Almoravid Caliphate.

The pursuit of this aim led them to revolt against William in favour of Robert in the Rebellion of 1088, under the leadership of the powerful Bishop Odo of Bayeux, who was a half-brother of William the Conqueror.

* 1088: The University of Bologna is established.

* 1088: Rebellion of 1088 against William II of England led by Odo of Bayeux.

* August 29 – King Eystein I of Norway ( b. c. 1088 )

** Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland ( b. 1088 )