1167

1167 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1167 MCLXVII
Ab urbe condita	1920
Armenian calendar	616 ԹՎ ՈԺԶ
Assyrian calendar	5917
Balinese saka calendar	1088–1089
Bengali calendar	573–574
Berber calendar	2117
English Regnal year	13 Hen. 2 – 14 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1711
Burmese calendar	529
Byzantine calendar	6675–6676
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3864 or 3657 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3865 or 3658
Coptic calendar	883–884
Discordian calendar	2333
Ethiopian calendar	1159–1160
Hebrew calendar	4927–4928
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1223–1224
- Shaka Samvat	1088–1089
- Kali Yuga	4267–4268
Holocene calendar	11167
Igbo calendar	167–168
Iranian calendar	545–546
Islamic calendar	562–563
Japanese calendar	Nin'an 2 (仁安２年)
Javanese calendar	1074–1075
Julian calendar	1167 MCLXVII
Korean calendar	3500
Minguo calendar	745 before ROC 民前745年
Nanakshahi calendar	−301
Seleucid era	1478/1479 AG
Thai solar calendar	1709–1710
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་ཁྱི་ལོ་ (male Fire-Dog) 1293 or 912 or 140 — to — མེ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Boar) 1294 or 913 or 141

Events

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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