1177

1177 (MCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1177th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 177th year of the 2nd millennium, the 77th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1177, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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

1177 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1177 MCLXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1930
Armenian calendar	626 ԹՎ ՈԻԶ
Assyrian calendar	5927
Balinese saka calendar	1098–1099
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 (Fire Monkey) 3873 or 3813     — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3874 or 3814
Coptic calendar	893–894
Discordian calendar	2343
Ethiopian calendar	1169–1170
Hebrew calendar	4937–4938
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1233–1234
- Shaka Samvat	1098–1099
- Kali Yuga	4277–4278
Holocene calendar	11177
Igbo calendar	177–178
Iranian calendar	555–556
Islamic calendar	572–573
Japanese calendar	Angen 3 / Jishō 1 (治承元年)
Javanese calendar	1084–1085
Julian calendar	1177 MCLXXVII
Korean calendar	3510
Minguo calendar	735 before ROC 民前735年
Nanakshahi calendar	−291
Seleucid era	1488/1489 AG
Thai solar calendar	1719–1720
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1303 or 922 or 150     — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1304 or 923 or 151

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)