1160s in England

Events from the 1160s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry II of England

Events

* 1160
** 2 November - Marriage of Henry the Young King and Marguerite, daughter of Louis VII of France; King Henry II takes control of Norman Vexin.
* 1161
** Canonisation of Edward the Confessor.
* 1162
** 3 June - Thomas Becket consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury and resigns as Lord Chancellor.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=125–126]
** Becket decrees that Trinity Sunday should henceforth be celebrated in England.
** King Henry II raises the Danegeld (by now, merely a royal tax) for the last time.
* 1163
** January - Henry II suppresses a revolt in Wales, and captures Prince Rhys ap Gruffydd.
** 1 July - Henry calls the Welsh princes and King Malcolm IV of Scotland to do homage at Woodstock Palace; the Welsh rebel.
** 1 October - Becket resists Henry II's demands to extend the jurisdiction of secular courts to the clergy.
** 13 October - The bones of Edward the Confessor are translated to Westminster Abbey.
** John of Salisbury completes his "Life of Anselm".
* 1164
** January - Henry II enacts the Constitutions of Clarendon in an attempt to exert power over the church.
** 2 November - Becket found guilty of contempt of court and exiled to France.
* 1165
** July - Henry II fails to quell a rebellion in Wales.
* 1166
** Henry II enacts the Assize of Clarendon, reforming the law and defining the legal duties of sheriffs.
** July - Henry conquers Brittany, granting the territory to his son Geoffrey.
* 1167
** The exiled former King of Leinster, Dermot MacMurrough, pays homage to Henry, and recruits support for an invasion of Ireland.
** Increased enrolment at Oxford University after English students are barred from attending Paris University.
* 1168
** 1 February - Henry II's daughter, Matilda of England, marries Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony.
* 1169
** January - Treaty of Montmirail: Henry II agrees to divide his French territories amongst his sons; Aquitaine to Richard, Brittany to Geoffrey, and the remainder to Henry.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 67-69|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
** 1 May - Norman barons land an invasion force at Wexford in support of Dermot.

Births

* 1162
** 13 October — Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214)
** Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford (died 1218)
* 1165
** October - Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, daughter of Henry II of England (died 1199)
* 1166
** 24 December — John of England (died 1216)
** William de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey (died 1240)

Deaths

* 1161
** 18 April - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
* 1167
** 10 September - Empress Matilda, first female ruler of England (born 1102)
** Robert of Melun, theologian and bishop
* 1168
** 5 April — Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester, Justiciar (born 1104)

References

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