1167
EventsTaira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of JapanPeter of Blois becomes the tutor of William II of SicilyAbsalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at LundAbsalon fortifies CopenhagenWilliam Marshal, "the greatest knight that ever lived," is knightedAfonso I of Portugal is defeated by the Kingdom of LeonAmalric I of Jerusalem unsuccessfully invades EgyptWilliam of Tyre becomes archdeacon of TyreMay 29 - Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I
Births September 10 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine emperor
Deaths Abraham ibn Ezra, Jewish writer Robert of Melun, Christian theologian and English bishop
Heads of states England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189). France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180).
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