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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January]] &ndash; [[Eystein Meyla]], leader of the [[Birkebeiner]] in [[Norway]], is killed. Sverre Sigurdson (Later, King [[Sverre I]], of [[Norway]]) becomes the new leader.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MbK6BwAAQBAJ&q=Eystein+Meyla+1177&pg=PA1390|title=Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes|last=Grammaticus|first=Saxo|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2015|isbn=9780198705765|editor-last=Friis-Jensen|editor-first=Karsten|series=Oxford Medieval Texts|volume=II|location=Oxford|pages=1390|language=en|translator-last=Fisher|translator-first=Peter}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold V]] becomes [[List of rulers of Austria|Duke of Austria]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvP9cMSmZsgC&q=1177+Leopold+V+austria&pg=PA124|title=Princely Brothers and Sisters: The Sibling Bond in German Politics, 1100–1250|last=Lyon|first=Jonathan R.|publisher=Cornell University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780801467844|location=Ithaca, NY and London|pages=124|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Venice]]: [[Frederick I Barbarossa]] acknowledges [[Pope Alexander III|Alexander III]] as [[Pope]], after a diplomatic mediation by [[Venice Republic|Venetian]] [[Doge (title)|doge]] [[Sebastiano Ziani]].<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rE4GDAAAQBAJ&q=1177+Treaty+of+Venice+Barbarossa+pope&pg=PA122|title=Pope Alexander III (1159–81): The Art of Survival|last=Johrendt|first=Jochen|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|isbn=9781317078371|editor-last=Duggan|editor-first=Anne J.|pages=122|language=en|chapter=The Empire and the Schism|editor-last2=Clarke|editor-first2=Peter D.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U63ApPjeeoUC&q=1177+Holy+Roman+Empire+claims+Rome&pg=PA6|title=Myths of Venice: The Figuration of a State|last=Rosand|first=David|publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press|year=2001|isbn=9780807856635|location=Chapel Hill and London|pages=6|language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; The Spanish Award is signed and witnessed by, among others, [[Robert III de Stuteville]] and [[John of Greenford]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/constitutionalhi01stubuoft|quote=1177 The Spanish Award.|title=The Constitutional History of England in Its Origin and Development|last=Stubbs|first=William|publisher=Clarendon Press|year=1874|location=Oxford and London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/constitutionalhi01stubuoft/page/486 486]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |journal=Sussex Archaeological Collections |last=Walcott|first=Mackenzie E. C.|publisher=Sussex Archaeological Society.|year=1878|volume=XXVIII|location=Lewes, England|pages=21|language=en|title=The Bishops of Chichester from Stigand to Sherborne |doi=10.5284/1085498 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[August 1]] &ndash; The Holy Roman Empire renounces any claims on the territory of [[Rome]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&q=1177+Holy+Roman+Empire+territorial+claims+rome&pg=PT534|title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|last=Kleinhenz|first=Christopher|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=9781135948801|location=New York and London|pages=504|language=en}}</ref>
*[[September 27]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander III]] sends a letter to [[Prester John]], believing he is real.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-UASH0jE5cC&q=1177+Pope+Alexander+III+Prester+John&pg=PA13|title=Prisoners of Prester John: The Portuguese Mission to Ethiopia in Search of the Mythical King, 1520-1526|last=Baldridge|first=Cates|publisher=McFarland|year=2014|isbn=9780786490196|location=Jefferson, NC|pages=13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fFfjDQAAQBAJ&q=1177+Pope+Alexander+III+Prester+John&pg=PA60|title=The Medieval Expansion of Europe|last=Phillips|first=J. R. S.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1988|isbn=9780192891235|location=Oxford and New York|pages=60|language=en}}</ref>
*[[November 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montgisard]]: [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem]] and [[Raynald of Chatillon]] defeat [[Saladin]].<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqgTAgAAQBAJ&q=1177+Battle+of+Montgisard&pg=PA97|title=Journal of Medieval Military History|last=Ehrlich|first=Michael|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|year=2013|isbn=9781843838609|editor-last=Rogers|editor-first=Clifford J.|location=Suffolk and Rochester, NY|pages=97|language=en|chapter=Saint Catherine's Day Miracle - The Battle of Montgisard|editor-last2=DeVries|editor-first2=Kelly|editor-last3=France|editor-first3=John}}</ref>