1173

Year 1173 (MCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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

1173 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1173 MCLXXIII
Ab urbe condita	1926
Armenian calendar	622 ԹՎ ՈԻԲ
Assyrian calendar	5923
Balinese saka calendar	1094–1095
Bengali calendar	580
Berber calendar	2123
English Regnal year	19 Hen. 2 – 20 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1717
Burmese calendar	535
Byzantine calendar	6681–6682
Chinese calendar	壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3869 or 3809     — to — 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3870 or 3810
Coptic calendar	889–890
Discordian calendar	2339
Ethiopian calendar	1165–1166
Hebrew calendar	4933–4934
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1229–1230
- Shaka Samvat	1094–1095
- Kali Yuga	4273–4274
Holocene calendar	11173
Igbo calendar	173–174
Iranian calendar	551–552
Islamic calendar	568–569
Japanese calendar	Jōan 3 (承安３年)
Javanese calendar	1080–1081
Julian calendar	1173 MCLXXIII
Korean calendar	3506
Minguo calendar	739 before ROC 民前739年
Nanakshahi calendar	−295
Seleucid era	1484/1485 AG
Thai solar calendar	1715–1716
Tibetan calendar	阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1299 or 918 or 146     — to — 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1300 or 919 or 147

Events

By area

Asia

• The Qiandao era ends, and the Chunxi era begins, of the Chinese Emperor Xiaozong of Song.
• Saladin seizes Aden in Arabia.

Europe

• January 5 – On the death of Bolesław IV the Curly, High Duke of Poland, he is succeeded by Mieszko III the Old, and as Duke of Sandomierz in Lesser Poland by Casimir II the Just.
• March – Henry the Young King of England withdraws to the French court, marking the beginning of the Revolt of 1173–74, in which Eleanor of Aquitaine and her sons rebel against her husband Henry II of England.
• William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber, becomes High Sheriff of Herefordshire in England.
• Abergavenny Castle is seized by the Welsh.
• Following the death of Kol, Canute I of Sweden (Knut Eriksson) extends his rule to also include Östergötland. He is now unopposed as king of Sweden.
• The efforts of the Almohad caliph, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, to repopulate the western Andalusian city of Beja begin. They are rapidly abandoned, sign of the quick demographic weakening of the Muslims in the peninsula.[1]

By topic

Arts and leisure

• August 8 – The construction of a campanile, which will become the Leaning Tower of Pisa, begins.
• Algebraic chess notation is first recorded.

Religion

• February 21 – Canonisation of Thomas Becket: His tomb in Canterbury Cathedral becomes a shrine, and popular pilgrimage destination.[2]
• Peter Waldo is converted to Christianity, and founds the Waldensians.
• Approximate traditional completion date of Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Mosul).

Births

• February/March – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (d. 1196)
• May 21 – Shinran, Japanese founder of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (d. 1263)
• Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Aberffraw and Lord of Eryri (approximate date; d. 1240)
• Rostislav II of Kiev (d. 1214)
• Isabella, Countess of Gloucester (d. 1217) (approximate date)
• Tankei, Japanese sculptor (d. 1256)

Deaths

• January 5 – Bolesław IV the Curly, High Duke of Poland (b. 1120)
• March 10 – Richard of Saint Victor, Scottish-born French mystic and theologian
• August 9 – Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Saladin
• October 6 – Engelbert III, Margrave of Istria
• October 15 – Petronilla of Aragon, queen regnant (b. 1135)
• November 7 – Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (b. 1127)
• date unknown
  • Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford, Norman noble (b. 1116)
  • Euphrosyne of Polotsk, abbess and saint
  • Vladimir III Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1132)
  • Benoît de Sainte-Maure, French poet and troubadour (b. 1154)
  • Kol of Sweden, ruler of Östergötland since 1167

References

1. Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle): L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
2. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 69–72. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.