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1172

Years: 1169 1170 1171 - 1172 - 1173 1174 1175

Decades: 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England.
• Sebastian Ziani became the 37th Doge of Venice.
• The Synod of Cashel ended the Celtic Christian system and brought them under Rome.
• Cork city in Ireland received its city charter.

Births

• Fujiwara Moroie. last of the Japanese Fujiwara Regents

Deaths

• Agnes, daughter of Italian Count Amadeus III of Savoy

Heads of states

• England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
• France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180).