1170
*
December 29: Assassination of
Thomas Beckett,
Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral
*City of
Dublin captured by the
Normans*According to folklore, the
Welsh prince
Madoc sailed to
North America and founded 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.[
1]
*
Valdemar II of Denmark (died
1241)
*
Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died
1221)
*
Eustace the Monk, French pirate (died
1217)
*
Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of
Philip II of France (died
1190)
*
November 28 -
Owain Gwynedd,
King of Gwynedd*
December 29 -
Thomas à Becket,
Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated)
*
Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
*
Ruben II of Armenia (born
1160)
*
Albert I of Brandenburg*
Mstislav II of Kiev*
Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet and writer (born
1090)
*
Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany
