1177

1177 was a common year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1140s  1150s  1160s  – 1170s –  1180s  1190s  1200s
Years:	1174 1175 1176 – 1177 – 1178 1179 1180

Events

• November 25 — Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon beat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
• During the third year of the Angen era in Japan, a fire devastates Kyoto.
• Benedictus Abbas becomes abbot of Peterborough.
• Byland Abbey is started 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.
• Puigcerdà is founded by Alfonso II of Aragon.
• Leopold V becomes Duke of Austria.
• September 27 — Pope Alexander III sends a letter to Prester John, believing he is real.
• Treaty of Venice — Frederick I Barbarossa accepts Alexander III as Pope
• Estonians attack Pskov during winter.

Births

• Baldwin V, king of Jerusalem (d. 1186)
• Robert de Ros, English baron (d. 1226)
• Philip of Swabia, enemy of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1208)

Deaths

• 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)

Heads of State

• England — Henry II (reigned 1154–1189)
• France — Louis VII (reigned 1137–1180)
• Byzantine Empire — Manuel I Comnenus (reigned 1143–1180)
• Pope — Alexander III (pope 1159–1181)
• Song China – Song Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (reigned 1162–1189)