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1166
1166
was a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
July -
Henry II of England
conquers
Brittany
, granting the territory to his son
Geoffrey
.
July 5
-
The town
of
Bad Kleinkirchheim
,
Austria
, is first mentioned.
Henry II
of England enacts the
Assize of Clarendon
, reforming
English law
and defining the
legal
duties of sheriffs.
Marko III succeeds Yoannis V as
Patriarch of Alexandria
.
Tribhuvanāditya
comes to power in the
Khmer Empire
, following the assassination of
Yasovarman II
.
Stefan Nemanja
becomes
Grand Župan
of the
Grand Principality of Serbia
, founding the
Nemanjić dynasty
.
Henry the Lion
has the first
bronze statue
north of the
Alps
erected, at
Dankwarderode Castle
.
Anglo-Norman soldier
William Marshal
, described as "the greatest
knight
that
ever
lived," is knighted while on campaign in Normandy.
Births
July 29
-
Henry II, Count of Champagne
December 24
or
1167
-
John, King of England
Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy
Prithviraj Chauhan
of India
William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey
Tamar the Great, Queen of Georgia
Deaths
May 7
-
William I of Sicily
Santa Rosalia
,
patron saint
of
Palermo
Abdul-Qadir Gilani
, founder of the
Qadiriyyah
Sufi
Tariqah
