- 1176
Events
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Al-Adil I , theMuslim ruler ofEgypt , suppresses a revolt by theChristian Copt s in the city ofQift , hanging nearly 3,000 of them on the trees around the city.
*January — TheAssize of Northampton is enacted.
*May 22 — TheHashshashin attempt to murderSaladin nearAleppo .
*Raynald of Chatillon is released from prison inAleppo .
*May 29 —Battle of Legnano : Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by theLombard League , leading to the "pactum Anagninum" (the Agreement of Anagni).
*September 17 —Battle of Myriokephalon : TheSeljuk Turks defeatManuel I Comnenus .
* The Cathedral of Sens installs the first "horologe".
* Construction begins on theLondon Bridge .
* Aberdeen becomes aroyal burgh .
* The Carthusian Order is approved.
* The first recorded WelshEisteddfod is held byRhys ap Gruffydd at Cardigan.Births
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Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (d.1220 )
*Leopold VI of Austria (d.1230 )
*William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d.1226 )
*Saint Sava ,Serbia n prince andarchbishop (d.1235 )
*Subutai , Mongol general, involved in campaigns from the unification of Mongolia to theBattle of Mohi Deaths
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April 20 —Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , English soldier (b.1130 )
*May 13 —Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b.1119 )
*August 23 — Emperor Rokujo- of Japan (b.1164 )
*October 25 —William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel , English politician (b. c.1109 )
*Rosamund Clifford , mistress ofHenry II of England (b.1150 )
* SaintGaldino , Italian archdeacon
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