1167 Explained

Year 1167 (MCLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Europe

• April 7  - Oath of Pontida: Supported by Pope Alexander III, the Lombard League is founded, a military alliance between the municipalities of Milan, Lodi, Ferrara, Piacenza and Parma, against the German invading forces of Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) in Northern Italy. The League (with other Italian cities) openly challenges Frederick's claim to power (Honor Imperii).
• April 12  - King Charles VII (Sverkersson) is murdered at Visingsö by supporters of Canute I (son of Eric IX), who proclaims himself king of Sweden. However, Charles's half-brothers Boleslaw and Kol Sverkerson proclaim themselves rulers of Östergötland, in opposition to Canute, which leads to fights for the power in Sweden (until 1173).
• May 29  - Battle of Monte Porzio: The army of the Commune of Rome is defeated by German forces under Frederick I and the local princes; Alexander III leaves Rome.^[1] Frederick proceeds to Rome, where he is crowned by Antipope Paschal III for the second time. A sudden outbreak of pestilence kills many of his advisors and knights.^[2]
• July 8  - Battle of Sirmium: Byzantine forces (15,000 men) under General Andronikos Kontostephanos defeat the Hungarians at Sirmium. Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos) consolidates his control over the western Balkans.
• August  - Frederick I claims imperial authority over Bohemia, Greater Poland and Hungary. He installs his 3-year-old son Frederick V as duke of Swabia, after Frederick's cousin, Frederick IV, dies of disease at Rome.

Egypt

• March 18  - Battle of Al-Babein: A second Zangid army (some 12,000 men) under General Shirkuh and his nephew Saladin marches towards Egypt, but is met by the combined Crusader-Fatimid forces led by King Amalric of Jerusalem. After skirmishing down the Nile, the Crusaders are defeated near Giza and forced to retreat to Cairo.^[3]
• May–June  - Saladin leads the defence of Alexandria against the Crusader-Fatimid forces. He takes command over the garrison (plus some 1,000 cavalry), and the army's sick and wounded.^[4]
• August 4  - Amalric I accepts a peace treaty and enters Alexandria at the head of the Crusader army. Saladin and his troops are escorted out with full military honours, and retreats to Syria.^[5]
• Probable date  - Battle of Pantina: The Byzantines intervene on behalf of Grand Prince Tihomir of Serbia against his rebellious brother, Prince Stefan Nemanja, who defeats the Byzantine forces and becomes Grand Župan of Serbia.

Ireland

• Diarmaid mac Murchadha (or Dermot), former king of Leinster, returns to Ireland with an advance party of Flemings under Richard fitz Godbert de Roche.

England

• King Henry II prohibits English students from attending the University of Paris; many settle at the University of Oxford.^[6]

Asia

• Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan.

By topic

Religion

• Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman, leads the first synod at Lund. He is granted land around the city of "Havn" (modern-day Copenhagen) and fortifies the coastal defence against the Wends.

Births

• February  - Frederick VI, duke of Swabia (d. 1191)
• Anders Sunesen, archbishop of Lund (d. 1228)
• Warin II (the Younger), Norman knight (d. 1218)
• William I, count of Holland (Low Countries) (d. 1222)

Deaths

• January 12  - Aelred of Rievaulx, English abbot (b. 1110)
• February 27  - Robert of Melun, bishop of Hereford (b. 1100)
• April 12  - Charles VII (Sverkersson), king of Sweden (b. 1130)
• July 13  - Xia (Shenfu), Chinese empress consort (b. 1136)
• August
  • Děpold I, Bohemian prince (epidemic)
  • Frederick IV, duke of Swabia (epidemic)
  • Henry I, count of Nassau (epidemic)
  • Henry II, duke of Limburg (epidemic)
• August 14  - Rainald of Dassel, German archbishop (b. 1120)
• August 17  - Nicolò Politi, Italian monk and hermit (b. 1117)
• August 22  - Relindis of Hohenburg, French abbess
• September 10  - Matilda, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1102)
• Abraham ibn Ezra, Spanish philosopher (approximate date)
• Alaungsithu, Burmese king of the Pagan Dynasty (b. 1090)
• Basava, Indian philosopher and statesman (b. 1105)
• Christian I (the Quarrelsome), count of Oldenburg
• Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Kievan princess (b. 1104)
• Hugh of Poitiers, French monk and chronicler
• Occo of Schleswig (or Ogge), Danish bishop
• Raymond I (or Raimond), French nobleman
• Rostislav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1110)

Notes and References

1. Book: Vigueur, Jean-Claude Maire. 2010. L'autre Rome: Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle). Paris. Tallandier. 978-2-84734-719-7. 315.
2. Andrew Roberts (2011). Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582), pp. 135–136. .
3. [Steven Runciman]
4. David Nicolle (2011). Osprey: Command 12 - Saladin, p. 11. .
5. Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 305. .
6. Book: Sager, Peter. 2005. Oxford and Cambridge: An Uncommon History. London. Thames & Hudson. 0500512493. 36.