1076
Year 1076 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- January 24 - Synod of Worms: Emperor Henry IV, holds a synod in Worms. The assembly declares Pope Gregory VII deposed, and the bishops abandon their allegiance to him.
- February 22 - Gregory VII pronounces a sentence of excommunication against Henry IV at Rome. He is excluded from the Catholic Church, and all the bishops named by Henry are excommunicated.
- Summer - Dirk V, count of Holland, re-conquers West Frisia from the Archdiocese of Utrecht. He besieges Bishop Conrad at the castle of IJsselmonde, taking him prisoner.
- October 8 - Demetrius Zvonimir is crowned as king of Croatia in Solin, in the Basilica of Saint Peter and Moses by a representative of Gregory VII.
- December 13 - Norman conquest of southern Italy: Italo-Norman forces under Robert Guiscard de Hauteville and Richard I of Capua, conquer the fortress city of Salerno after a short siege.
- December 26 - Bolesław II the Bold is crowned as King of Poland by Archbishop Bogumił in Gniezno Cathedral. Bolesław supports Gregory VII in his conflict against Henry IV.
England
- May 31 - Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, a participant in the Revolt of the Earls against King William the Conqueror, is beheaded near Winchester.
- November 1 - A frost begins that lasts until April 1077.
- Approximate date - The Trial of Penenden Heath is held, with an important ruling regarding land rights subsequent to the Norman Conquest.
Africa
- Approximate date - Koumbi Saleh, an important mercantile and political center of the Ghana Empire, is besieged by the Almoravids.
Asia
- Vikramaditya VI deposes his older brother Someshvara II to become king of the Western Chalukya Empire.
By topic
Literature
- Anselm of Aosta, an Italian Benedictine abbot, completes his Monologion at the request of his fellow monks.
Religion
- Demetrius Zvonimir donates the Benedictine monastery of St. Gregory in Vrana to Gregory VII.