1076

Events

* January - The German bishops who have been invested by Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor withdraw their allegiance from Pope Gregory VII.
* February 14 — Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* December 25 — Polish King Bolesław II the Bold (Polish: "Bolesław Śmiały") is crowned in Gniezno.
* Anselm of Canterbury completes "Monologion".
* The Almoravids capture the Ghanaian capital of Kumbi.
* Count Dirk V reconquers most of West Frisia (historical) from the bishop of Utrecht.
* The Trial of Penenden Heath is thought to have been held, with an important ruling regarding land rights subsequent to the Norman Conquest of England.
* King Dmitar Zvonimir of Croatia is crowned in Split.
* Vikramaditya VI deposes his older brother Somesvara II, and becomes king of the Western Chalukya.

Births

* June 1 — Prince Mstislav of Kiev (d. 1132)

Deaths

* March 21 — Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1011)
* May 31 — Waltheof, 1st Earl of Northampton (b. 1045) (beheaded on St. Giles's Hill, near Winchester, by the order of William the Conqueror)
* December 27 — Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)