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1167 (MCLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1167th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 167th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1167, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan
  • Peter of Blois becomes the tutor of William II of Sicily
  • Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund
  • Absalon fortifies Copenhagen
  • William Marshal, "the greatest knight that ever lived", is knighted
  • Afonso I of Portugal is defeated by the Kingdom of León
  • Amalric I of Jerusalem unsuccessfully invades Egypt
  • William of Tyre becomes archdeacon of Tyre
  • May 29Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I
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