1170
Year 1170 (MCLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1170 MCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1923 |
| Armenian calendar | 619 ԹՎ ՈԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5920 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1091–1092 |
| Bengali calendar | 577 |
| Berber calendar | 2120 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 2 – 17 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1714 |
| Burmese calendar | 532 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6678–6679 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3866 or 3806 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3867 or 3807 |
| Coptic calendar | 886–887 |
| Discordian calendar | 2336 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1162–1163 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4930–4931 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1226–1227 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1091–1092 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4270–4271 |
| Holocene calendar | 11170 |
| Igbo calendar | 170–171 |
| Iranian calendar | 548–549 |
| Islamic calendar | 565–566 |
| Japanese calendar | Kaō 2 (嘉応２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1077–1078 |
| Julian calendar | 1170 MCLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3503 |
| Minguo calendar | 742 before ROC 民前742年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −298 |
| Seleucid era | 1481/1482 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1712–1713 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1296 or 915 or 143 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1297 or 916 or 144 |
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Events
- September 21 – Following a siege, combined Anglo-Norman and Irish forces seize the city of Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin, into exile.[1]
- November (or December) – Henry II of England, when word reaches him in France of Thomas Becket's latest actions, utters words that are interpreted by his followers as a wish for the archbishop's death.
- December 29 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
Date unknown
- The Danes attack Estonia.
- The East Frisian island of Bant is broken up in a North Sea flood.
- Palace guards massacre the civil officials at the Korean court, and place a new king on the throne. The coup leaders abolish the privileges that have kept the aristocrats in power, and appoint themselves to senior posts.
- Earliest date for the making of Cheddar cheese.
- According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sails to North America, in his ship the Gwennan Gorn, and founds 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.[2]
Births
- May 9 (or June 28) – Valdemar II of Denmark (d. 1241)
- August 8 – Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
- Eustace the Monk, French pirate (d. 1217)
- Isabella of Hainault, queen of Philip II of France (d. 1190)
- Muqali, general of Genghis Khan
- Agnes I, Countess of Nevers
- Approximate date – Fibonacci (Leonardo Pisano Bigollo), Pisan mathematician (d. 1240/50)
Deaths
Albert I of Brandenburg died on November 18, 1170
Thomas Becket assassinated on December 29, 1170
- January 22 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist, co-founder of the Quanzhen School (b. 1113)
- April 23 – Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai, first known person to die by seppuku (b. 1139)
- August 19 – Mstislav II of Kiev
- November 18 – Albert I of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
- November 23 or November 28 – Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. c. 1100)
- December 29 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. c. 1118)
- Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
- Ruben II, Prince of Armenia (b. 1160)
- Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet, writer (b. 1090)
- Odo, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany
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References
- Foster, R. F. (1989). The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Oxford University Press.
- "Largest Cities Through History". About.com Geography.
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