1173
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Years : | 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 |
Centuries: | 11th century · 12th century · 13th century |
Decades: | 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s |
Years: | 1170 1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 |
[edit] Events
- Canonization of Saint Thomas à Becket, buried at Canterbury
- August 9th - Construction starts on the Leaning tower of Pisa
- Castle at Abergavenny was seized by the Welsh.
- Conversion to Christianity of Peter Waldo and the subsequent founding of the Waldensians.
- End of Qiandao era and start of Chunxi era of the Chinese emperor Xiaozong
- End of reign of Polish ruler Boleslaus IV of Poland and start of reign of Casimir II of Poland
- Eleanor of Aquitaine and her sons rebel against her husband Henry II of England in the Revolt of 1173-1174
- First recorded use of Algebraic chess notation