1173
Events Canonization of Saint Thomas à Becket, buried at Canterbury August 9th - Construction starts on the Leaning tower of Pisa Castle at Abergavenny was seized by the Welsh. Conversion to Christianity of Peter Waldo and the subsequent founding of the Waldensians. End of Qiandao era and start of Chunxi era of the Chinese emperor Xiaozong End of reign of Polish ruler Boleslaus IV of Poland and start of reign of Casimir II of Poland Eleanor of Aquitaine and her sons rebell against her husband Henry II of England in the Revolt of 1173-1174 First recorded use of Algebraic chess notation '\Births' Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great Conrad II, Duke of Swabia Shinran, founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism Deaths Richard of St. Victor Belarussiansian nun Euphrosyne of Polatsk, major contributor to Medieval Belarussian Culture. Boleslaus IV, High-Duke of Poland Vladimir II Mstislavich, Grand Prince of Kiev
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