1177
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This article is about the year 1177.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1140s 1150s 1160s – 1170s – 1180s 1190s 1200s |
| Years: | 1174 1175 1176 – 1177 – 1178 1179 1180 |
| 1177 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
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| 1177 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1177 MCLXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1930 |
| Armenian calendar | 626 ԹՎ ՈԻԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5927 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -667–-666 |
| Bengali calendar | 584 |
| Berber calendar | 2127 |
| English Regnal year | 23 Hen. 2 – 24 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1721 |
| Burmese calendar | 539 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6685–6686 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙申年十一月三十日 (3813/3873-11-30) — to —
丁酉年十二月初十日(3814/3874-12-10) |
| Coptic calendar | 893–894 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1169–1170 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4937–4938 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1233–1234 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1099–1100 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4278–4279 |
| Holocene calendar | 11177 |
| Iranian calendar | 555–556 |
| Islamic calendar | 572–573 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3510 |
| Minguo calendar | 735 before ROC 民前735年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1720 |
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Year 1177 (MCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- January – Eystein Meyla, leader of the Birkebeiner in Norway, is killed. Sverre Sigurdson (Later, King Sverre I, of Norway) becomes the new leader.
- January 13 - Leopold V becomes Duke of Austria.
- March – Treaty of Venice: Frederick I Barbarossa acknowledges Alexander III as Pope.
- August 1 – Holy Roman Empire renounces any claims on the territory of Rome.
- September 27 – Pope Alexander III sends a letter to Prester John, believing he is real.
- November 25 – Battle of Montgisard: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin.
- During the third year of the Angen era in Japan, a fire devastates Kyoto.
- Benedictus Abbas becomes abbot of Peterborough.
- Byland Abbey is founded in Yorkshire by the Cistercians.
- Casimir II becomes duke of Poland.
- The Cham sack the Khmer capital of Angkor Wat.
- Roger de Moulins becomes Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
- Moscow is burned down and its inhabitants are killed.
- Puigcerdà is founded by Alfonso II of Aragon.
- The Estonians attack Pskov during the winter.
- A civil war breaks out in Florence between the Uberti family and their consular opponent.
[edit] Births
- Baldwin V, King of Jerusalem (d. 1186)
- Robert de Ros, English baron (d. 1226)
- Philip of Swabia, rival of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1208)
[edit] Deaths
- January – Eystein Meyla, leader of the Birkebeiner in Norway. (b. 1157)
- January 13 – Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
- William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon, father of Baldwin V of Jerusalem (b. early 1140s)
- Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (b. 1095)
