1077

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 Abbot of St Albans; the building of St Albans Abbey Church 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
* Suleyman I of Rûm becomes the leader of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm 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 Burma (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