1174

Year 1174 (MCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1174th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 174th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 12th century, and the 5th year of the 1170s decade.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s
Years:	1171 1172 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177

1174 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1174 MCLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1927
Armenian calendar	623 ԹՎ ՈԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	5924
Balinese saka calendar	1095–1096
Bengali calendar	581
Berber calendar	2124
English Regnal year	20 Hen. 2 – 21 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1718
Burmese calendar	536
Byzantine calendar	6682–6683
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3870 or 3810     — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3871 or 3811
Coptic calendar	890–891
Discordian calendar	2340
Ethiopian calendar	1166–1167
Hebrew calendar	4934–4935
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1230–1231
- Shaka Samvat	1095–1096
- Kali Yuga	4274–4275
Holocene calendar	11174
Igbo calendar	174–175
Iranian calendar	552–553
Islamic calendar	569–570
Japanese calendar	Jōan 4 (承安４年)
Javanese calendar	1081–1082
Julian calendar	1174 MCLXXIV
Korean calendar	3507
Minguo calendar	738 before ROC 民前738年
Nanakshahi calendar	−294
Seleucid era	1485/1486 AG
Thai solar calendar	1716–1717
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1300 or 919 or 147     — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1301 or 920 or 148

Events

By place

Africa

• Siculo-Norman troops launch a failed attack against Ayyubid-held Alexandria.[1]

Europe

• April 7 – Richard of Dover is enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury, in England.
• July 13 – Battle of Alnwick: William I of Scotland is captured by Ranulf de Glanvill, after attacking England in support of the Revolt of 1173–1174 against King Henry II there,[2] and Henry occupies part of Scotland.
• September 30 – Treaty of Montlouis: The Revolt of 1173–1174 by his sons, against King Henry II of England, ends peacefully.[3]
• December 8 – The Treaty of Falaise is signed between Henry II of England and William I of Scotland; it permits William's release, in return for his homage.[2]
• Henry II of England acknowledges Rosamund Clifford as his mistress.
• Fire destroys most of Padua.
• The city of Pombal, Portugal is founded by Gualdim Pais.
• Battle of Thurles in Ireland: Donal Mór Ó Brian defeats a Norman incursion into Thomond.
• Horse racing at Newmarket in England is first recorded.

Asia

• Vietnam is given the official name of Annam by China.

Western Asia

• July 11 – Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III of Tripoli as regent, and William of Tyre as chancellor.
• Saladin captures Damascus.

Central America

• The last Toltec king commits suicide.

Births

• Saint Hedwig of Andechs (d. 1243)
• Emeric of Hungary (d. 1204)
• Saint Sava (d. 1236)

Deaths

• May 15 – Nur ad-Din Zangi, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
• June 28 – Andrei Bogolyubsky, Prince of Vladimir (b. c. 1111)
• July 11 – King Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
• September 22 – Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (b. c. 1120)
• Everard des Barres, third Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• Miles of Plancy, French crusader

References

1. Abels, Richard Philip; Bernard S. Bachrach (2001). The Normans and their adversaries at war. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer. p. 100. ISBN 0-85115-847-1.
2. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 69–72. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
3. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 126–127. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.