- 1077
Events
Europe
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January 26 —Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor visitsPope Gregory VII as apenitent , asking him remove sentence ofexcommunication .
*January 28 —Walk to Canossa : Theexcommunication ofHenry IV, Holy Roman Emperor is lifted.
*April 3 — The firstParliament ofFriuli is created.
*Robert Curthose instigates his first insurrection against his father,William the Conqueror .
* The kingdom ofDuklja is founded.
* The "Bayeux Tapestry " is made.
* The first recordedTrial by combat is held inEngland .
* The first English CluniacBenedictine priory is established.
*Paul of Caen is installed as Abbot of St Albans; the building of St Albans Abbey Church commences.
* The independent state ofFriuli is founded in modernItaly .
*Vsevolod of Kiev becomes the prince ofKievan Rus' .Asia
* Dionysius V Lazaros becomes Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
* TheSeljuk Turks capture Nicaea.
* TheSeljuk Turks captureJerusalem
*Suleyman I of Rûm becomes the leader of theSeljuk Sultanate of Rûm in modernTurkey .
*Anush Tigin Gharchai becomes leader of theKhwarezmid Empire in modernTurkey .Africa
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Pope Christodolos of Alexandria ends his reign asCoptic Pope .
* TheAlmoravids complete the conquest of theGhana Empire , and reachSpain .Births
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Joseph ibn Migash , rabbi (died1141 )Deaths
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April 25 —Geza I of Hungary
*Agnes de Poitou , wife ofHenry III, Holy Roman Emperor and regent (b.1020 )
* KingAnawrahta ofBurma (b.1044 )
*Abolfazl Beyhaghi , Persian historian and author (b.995 )
*Shao Yong (b.1011 ) —Song Dynasty China philosopher ,cosmologist ,poet andhistorian
*Zhang Zai (b.1020 ) —Song Dynasty China Neo-Confucian moral philosopher andcosmologist
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