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Appearance
Years: 1169 1170 1171 - 1172 - 1173 1174 1175 | |
Decades: 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s | |
Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
Events
- Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England.
- Pope Gregory VIII hosts the Council of Avranches where Henry II of England is absolved of the sin of murder in the matter of the assasination of Thomas Becket
- The Synod of Cashel ended the Celtic Christian system and brought them under Rome.
Births
- Fujiwara Moroie. last of the Japanese Fujiwara Regents
Deaths
- Agnes, daughter of Italian Count Amadeus III of Savoy