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| Years: 1164 1165 1166 - 1167 - 1168 1169 1170 | |
| Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s - 1160s - 1170s 1180s 1190s | |
| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century | |
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Events
- Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan
- Peter of Blois becomes the tutor of William II of Sicily
- Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund
- Absalon fortifies Copenhagen
- William Marshal, "the greatest knight that ever lived," is knighted
- Afonso I of Portugal is defeated by the Kingdom of Leon
- Amalric I of Jerusalem unsuccessfully invades Egypt
- William of Tyre becomes archdeacon of Tyre
- May 29 - Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I
Births
- September 10 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (died 1183)
- Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (died 1191)
Deaths
- August 14 - Rainald of Dassel Archbishop of Cologne
- September 10 - Empress Maud, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor) (born 1102)
- Yesugei, father of Genghis Khan
- Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra, mathematician, astronomer, and poet
- Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop
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