- 1163
Events
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Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler ofWales .
*Silesia n duchies accept the suzerainty of theHoly Roman Empire .
* TheLaw of Succession is introduced inNorway .
*Council of Tours :Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics.
*Loccum Abbey inHanover is founded as aCistercian house by Cornwall.
* The Egyptian empire is resurrected for 10 days.
* The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) inHong Kong , nowadaysTo Kwa Wan ,Kowloon Bay ,Kwun Tong andLam Tin districts, are first officially operated by theSong Dynasty .
* The first stone of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is set byPope Alexander III .
* TheAlmohads finish driving theNormans out ofNorth Africa .Births
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Ban Kulin , ruler of Bosnia (d.1204 )
*Berengaria of Navarre ,Queen consort ofRichard I of England (approximate date; d.1230 )
*Canute VI of Denmark (d.1202 )
*Henry I of Poland (d.1238 )
*Ottokar IV of Styria (d.1192 )
*Hōjō Yoshitoki , Kamakura regent (d.1224 )
*As-Salih Ismail al-Malik , ruler of Syria (d.1181 )Deaths
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Constance of Antioch , ruler ofAntioch (b.1127 )
*Abd al-Mumin , founder of theAlmohad empire (b.1094 )
*Dahui Zonggao , ChineseZen Buddhist monk (b.1089 )Heads of states
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England — Henry II Curt Mantle,King of England (reigned1154 –1189 ).
*France — Louis VII, King of France (reigned1137 –1180 ).
*Ireland — Muirchertach III, High King of Ireland (reigned1156 –1166 )
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