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| Years: 1166 1167 1168 - 1169 - 1170 1171 1172 |
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| Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s - 1160s - 1170s 1180s 1190s |
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| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
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| 1169 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1169 MCLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1922 |
| Armenian calendar | 618 ԹՎ ՈԺԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 3865 – 3866 戊子 – 己丑 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1161 – 1162 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4929 – 4930 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1224 – 1225 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1091 – 1092 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4270 – 4271 |
| Iranian calendar | 547 – 548 |
| Islamic calendar | 564 – 565 |
Events
- Nur ad-Din invades Egypt, and his nephew Saladin becomes the sultan over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din.
- Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy sacks the Kievan Rus' capital Kiev.
- Start of the conquest of Ireland. Richard fitzGilbert de Clare ('Strongbow') makes an alliance with the exiled Irish chief, Dermot MacMurrough, to help him recover his kingdom of Leinster.
- Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves the English court of Henry II to establish her great court in Poitiers where the Courts of Love flourished.
Births
Deaths
- January 2 - Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- July 9 - Guido of Ravenna, Italian cartographer, entomologist and historian