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1167
Years:
1164
1165
1166
-
1167
-
1168
1169
1170
Decades
:
1130s
1140s
1150s
-
1160s
-
1170s
1180s
1190s
Centuries
:
11th century
-
12th century
-
13th century
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Events
Taira no Kiyomori
becomes the first
samurai
to be appointed
Daijyo Daijin
, chief minister of the government of
Japan
Peter of Blois
becomes the tutor of
William II of Sicily
Absalon
, archbishop of
Denmark
, leads the first Danish
synod
at
Lund
Absalon fortifies
Copenhagen
William Marshal
, "the greatest knight that ever lived," is
knighted
Afonso I of Portugal
is defeated by the
Kingdom of Leon
Amalric I of Jerusalem
unsuccessfully invades
Egypt
William of Tyre
becomes archdeacon of
Tyre
May 29
- Battle of Legano, in which
The Lombard League
defeats
Emperor Frederick I
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Births
September 10
-
Alexius II Comnenus
,
Byzantine emperor
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Deaths
Abraham ibn Ezra
,
Jewish
writer
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Heads of states
England
- Henry II Curt Mantle,
King of England
(reigned
1154
-
1189
).
France
- Louis VII, King of France (reigned
1137
-
1180
).