1176

Years: 1173 1174 1175 - 1176 - 1177 1178 1179

Decades: 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

* January- Assize of Northampton.
* May 22 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo
* Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo
* May 29 - Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni)
* September 17 - Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel I Comnenus at the Battle of Myriokephalon
* Cathedral of Sens installs first "horologe"
* Construction begins on the London Bridge
* Aberdeen becomes a royal burgh.
* Carthusian Order approved.
* The first recorded Welsh Eisteddfod is held by Rhys ap Gruffydd at Cardigan.

Births

* Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (died 1220)
* Leopold VI of Austria (died 1230)
* William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; died 1226)
*Saint Sava, Serbian prince and archbishop

Deaths

* April 20 - Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (born 1130)
* May 13 - Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1119)
* August 23 - Emperor Rokujō of Japan (born 1164)
*October 25 - William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician
* Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (born 1150)
* Saint Galdino, Italian archdeacon

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