1077

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Events

Europe

January 26 — Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visits Pope Gregory VII as a penitent, asking him remove sentence of excommunication.
January 28 — Walk to Canossa: The excommunication of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
April 3 — The first Parliament of Friuli is created.
Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror.
The kingdom of Duklja is founded.
The Bayeux Tapestry is made.
The first recorded Trial by combat is held in England.
The first English Cluniac Benedictine priory is established.
Paul of Caen is installed as Abbott of St. Albans; St. Albans Cathedral commences.
The independent state of Friuli is founded in modern Italy.
Vsevolod of Kiev becomes the prince of Kievan Rus'.

Asia

Dionysius V Lazaros becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
The Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea.
The Seljuk Turks capture Jerusalem and kill 3,000 citizens.
Süleyman I of Rüm becomes the leader of the Sultanate of Rüm in modern Turkey.
Anush Tigin Gharchai becomes leader of the Khwarezmid Empire in modern Turkey.

Africa

Pope Christodolos of Alexandria ends his reign as Coptic Pope.
The Almoravids complete the conquest of the Ghana Empire, and reach Spain.

Births

Joseph ibn Migash, rabbi (died 1141)

Deaths

April 25 — Geza I of Hungary
Agnes de Poitou, wife of Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor and regent (b. 1020)
King Anawrahta of Myanmar (b. 1044)
Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Persian historian and author (b. 995)
Shao Yong (b. 1011) — Song Dynasty China philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian
Zhang Zai (b. 1020) — Song Dynasty China Neo-Confucian moral philosopher and cosmologist

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