Historical place archive

Durazzo in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Durazzo in Roman Empire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1081–1082

Historical events in Durazzo

1081

18 October 1081
Battle of Durazzo
Alexius I Comnenus · Norman Invasion Wars

Bohemund Bohemund & Robert Guiscard defeat Emperor Alexius. The Battle of Dyrrhachium (Durres in Albania) between the Byzantine Empire, led by the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus and the Normans of southern Italy under Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Fought outside the city of Dyrrhachium (also known as Durazzo), Byzantine capital of Illyria, results in a Norman victory

1082

February 1082
Capture of
Alexius I Comnenus · Norman Invasion Wars

The Normans took Dyrrhachium in February 1082 and advanced inland, capturing most of Macedonia and Thessaly

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