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1170
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| 1170 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
1170 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1170
MCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita |
1923 |
| Armenian calendar |
619
ԹՎ ՈԺԹ |
| Chinese calendar |
3866 – 3867
己丑 – 庚寅 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1162 – 1163 |
| Hebrew calendar |
4930 – 4931 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1225 – 1226 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1092 – 1093 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4271 – 4272 |
| Iranian calendar |
548 – 549 |
| Islamic calendar |
565 – 566 |
Events
- December 29: Assassination of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral
- City of Dublin captured by the Normans
- According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailed to North America and founded a colony.
- Estimation: Fes in the Almohad Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
Births
- Valdemar II of Denmark (died 1241)
- Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died 1221)
- Eustace the Monk, French pirate (died 1217)
- Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of Philip II of France (died 1190)
Deaths
- November 18 - Albert I of Brandenburg
- November 28 - Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
- December 29 - Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated)
- Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
- Ruben II of Armenia (born 1160)
- Mstislav II of Kiev
- Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet and writer (born 1090)
- Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany
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