What is 1177?
{{Year nav|1177}} {{Year in various calendars|1177}} {{Year article header|1177}} == 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 [[Cistercian]]s. * [[Casimir II of Poland|Casimir II]] becomes duke of [[Poland]]. * The [[Cham people|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 of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold V]] becomes [[List of rulers of Austria|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 [[Pope Alexander III|Alexander III]] as [[Pope]] * [[Estonians]] attack [[Pskov]] during winter. == Births == * [[Baldwin V of Jerusalem|Baldwin V]], [[kingdom of Jerusalem|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|Hugh Bigod]], 1st [[Earl of Norfolk]] (b. [[1095]]) == Heads of State == * [[England]] — [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] (reigned [[1154]]–[[1189]]) * [[France]] — [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]] (reigned [[1137]]–[[1180]]) * [[Byzantine Empire]] — [[Manuel I Comnenus]] (reigned [[1143]]–[[1180]]) * [[Pope]] — [[Pope Alexander III|Alexander III]] (pope [[1159]]–[[1181]]) * [[Song China]] – [[Emperor Xiaozong of Song China|Song Xiaozong (宋孝宗)]] (reigned [[1162]]–[[1189]]) [[Categ