1077 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	10th century – 11th century – 12th century
Decades:	1040s 1050s 1060s – 1070s – 1080s 1090s 1100s
Years:	1074 1075 1076 – 1077 – 1078 1079 1080

Eduard Schwoiser "Heinrich vor Canossa" (Henry IV at Canossa; 1862)

Year 1077 (MLXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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.

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.

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.