1077

Events 
 By area 
 Africa 
 The Almoravids complete the conquest of the Ghana Empire, and reach Spain.

 Asia 
 The Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea and Jerusalem.
 Suleyman I of Rûm becomes the leader of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm in modern Turkey.
 Anush Tigin Gharchai becomes, as a Seljuk vassal, leader of the Khwarezmid Empire.

 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.
 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor granted the county of Friuli, with ducal status, to Sigaerd, Patriarch of Aquileia.
 Robert Curthose starts his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror, in Normandy.
 The kingdom of Duklja is founded.
 The first recorded Trial by combat is held in England.
 Vsevolod of Kiev becomes the prince of Kievan Rus'.
 Alfonso VI of Castile conquers Coria.
 Pope Gregory VII places the island of Corsica under the secular rule of the archbishop of Pisa.
 Hugh of Burgundy supports the king of Aragon in his conquest of the castle of Muñones from the emir of Zaragossa.

 By topic 
 Arts 
 The Bayeux Tapestry is made.

 Religion 
 The first English Cluniac Benedictine priory is established, at Lewes.
 Paul of Caen becomes Abbot of St Albans in England; the building of St Albans Abbey Church commences.
 Pope Christodolos of Alexandria ends his reign as Coptic Pope.
 Dionysius V Lazaros becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.

 Births 
 December 26 – Baldwin the Monk, Norman priest (died 1184)
 date unknown
 King Alexander I of Scotland, Scottish royal (died 1124)
 Joseph ibn Migash, rabbi (died 1141)
 Lady Sybil Corbet, French mistress to King Henry I of England (died 1157)

 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 writer (b. 995)
 Shao Yong, Chinese philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian (b. 1011)
 Zhang Zai, Chinese Neo-Confucian moral philosopher and cosmologist (b. 1020)

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