Explore 41 historical events from 1170–1179.
The Order of Assassins was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islamic military order founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090. Based in the Nizari Isma'ili state, which comprised a network of mountai…
The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo
Minamoto no Tametomo , also known as Chinzei Hachirō Tametomo , was a Japanese samurai who fought in the Hōgen Rebellion of 1156.
Minamoto no Tametomo, Japanese samurai (born 1139)
The battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on 29 May 1176, near the town of Legnano, in present-day L…
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I
Theobald III was Count of Champagne from 1197 to his death. He was designated heir by his older brother Henry II when the latter went to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade, and suc…
Theobald III, Count of Champagne (died 1201)
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī, commonly known as Nur ad-Din or Nureddin, and al-Malik al-Adil, was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, …
Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (born 1118)
Godfried or Godfrey van Rhenen was a bishop of Utrecht from 1156 to 1178.
Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
Richard de Clare, the second Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasio…
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (born 1130)
Diarmait Mac Murchada, was King of Leinster in Ireland from 1127 to 1171. In 1167, he was deposed by the High King of Ireland, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. To recover his kingdom, Mac Mu…
Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster (born 1110)
Mleh I, also Meleh I, was the eighth lord of Armenian Cilicia (1170–1175).
Mleh, prince of Armenia
Galdino della Sala, Galdinus or Galdimus, was a Roman Catholic saint from Milan in northern Italy. He was a cardinal elevated in 1165 and he also served as Archbishop of Milan fro…
Galdino della Sala, Italian archdeacon and saint
Trondheim, historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 1 January 2026, it had a population of 218,460. Trondheim i…
The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway
Theobald III was Count of Champagne from 1197 to his death. He was designated heir by his older brother Henry II when the latter went to the Holy Land on the Third Crusade, and suc…
Theobald III, Count of Champagne (died 1201)
Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the "Sibyl of the Rhine", was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath, active during the High Middle Ages as a writer, composer, philosopher, my…
Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess and polymath (born 1098)
Godfried or Godfrey van Rhenen was a bishop of Utrecht from 1156 to 1178.
Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
Ioveta was a Latin princess from the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Her name appears in various other forms, including Joveta, Yveta, Yvette, Ivetta, and Juditta. She headed the Co…
Ioveta, Latin princess
The Order of Assassins was a Nizari Isma'ili Shia Islamic military order founded by Hasan-i Sabbah in 1090. Based in the Nizari Isma'ili state, which comprised a network of mountai…
The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo
The battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on 29 May 1176, near the town of Legnano, in present-day L…
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I
The Battle of Myriokephalon was a battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks in the mountains west of Iconium (Konya) in west-central Anatolia on 17 September 1176. T…
The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia from the Seljuk…
Galdino della Sala, Galdinus or Galdimus, was a Roman Catholic saint from Milan in northern Italy. He was a cardinal elevated in 1165 and he also served as Archbishop of Milan fro…
Galdino della Sala, Italian archdeacon and saint
Richard de Clare, the second Earl of Pembroke, also Lord of Leinster and Justiciar of Ireland, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman notable for his leading role in the Anglo-Norman invasio…
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English-Irish politician, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland (born 1130)
Matthias I was the duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death as the eldest son and successor of Simon I and Adelaide. Like his forefathers going back to Theodoric II and even to Adal…
Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1119)
Mikhalko (Mikhail) Yuryevich was Grand Prince of Vladimir in 1174, and from 1175 to 1176. He was a son of Yuri Dolgoruky.
Mikhail of Vladimir, Russian prince
Emperor Rokujō was the 79th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1165 through 1168.
Emperor Rokujō of Japan (born 1164)
William d'Aubigny, also known as William d'Albini, William de Albini and William de Albini II, was an English nobleman. He was son of William d'Aubigny and Maud Bigod, daughter of …
William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (born 1109)
The Byzantine–Seljuk wars were a series of conflicts in the Middle Ages between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Empire. They shifted the balance of power in Asia Minor, Armenia…
Byzantine–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Myriokephalon in Phrygia, the Seljuq Turks prevented Byzantine forces from…
The Guelphs and Ghibellines were factions supporting the Pope (Guelphs) and the Holy Roman emperor (Ghibellines) in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy during the…
Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Troops of the Lombard League defeated forces of the Holy Roman Empire near Legnano
Mleh I, also Meleh I, was the eighth lord of Armenian Cilicia (1170–1175).
Mleh, prince of Armenia
Andrey I Yuryevich Bogolyubsky was Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal from 1157 until his death. During repeated internecine wars between the princely clans, Andrey accompanied his father Y…
Andrey Bogolyubsky, Russian Grand Prince (born 1111)
Baldwin IV (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185. Baldwin ascended to the throne when he was thirteen despite having lep…
Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as…
William the Lion, sometimes styled William I and also known by the nickname Garbh, 'the Rough', reigned as King of Alba from 1165 to 1214. His almost 49-year-long reign was the lon…
William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of…
Al-Malik al-Adil Abu al-Qasim Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd bin Imad al-Dīn Zengī, commonly known as Nur ad-Din or Nureddin, and al-Malik al-Adil, was a Turkoman member of the Zengid dynasty, …
Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (born 1118)
Amalric, formerly known in historiography as Amalric I, was the king of Jerusalem from 1163 until his death. His Muslim adversaries described him as the bravest and cleverest of th…
Amalric I of Jerusalem (born 1136)
Uhtred mac Fergus was Lord of Galloway from 1161 to 1174, ruling jointly with his brother Gille Brigte (Gilbert). They were sons of Fergus of Galloway; it was believed that they we…
Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (born c. 1120)
Adela of Ponthieu, also known as Ela, was the daughter of William III, Count of Ponthieu and Helie of Burgundy. She became Countess of Surrey, then Countess of Salisbury, by marria…
Adela of Ponthieu, Countess of Surrey