1077 - Definition and Overview

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

• Agnes de Poitou
• King Anawrahta of Myanmar
• Abolfazl Beyhaghi, Iranian historian and author
• Anawrahta, first king of Pagan, Myanmar
• April 25 - Geza I of Hungary