1077

Events

• Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor begs Pope Gregory VII to remove sentence of excommunication
• Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father, William the Conqueror
• Seljuk Turks capture Nicaea
• 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
• Foundation of the kingdom of Duklja
• Khristosolos of Alexandria ends reign as Coptic Pope
• Walk to Canossa chapter of the Investiture Controversy
• The Bayeux Tapestry was made.
• First recorded Trial by combat in England
• First English Cluniac Benedictine priory established
• Dionysius V Lazaros becomes Syrian Patriarch of Antioch
• Foundation of the independent state of Friuli in modern Italy
• Vsevolod of Kiev becomes prince of Kievan Rus'

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)