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1169 (MCLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1169th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 169th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 12th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1169, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • Nur ad-Din invades Egypt, and his nephew Saladin becomes the sultan over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din.
  • Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy sacks the Kievan Rus' capital Kiev.
  • Start of the conquest of Ireland. Richard fitzGilbert de Clare ('Strongbow') makes an alliance with the exiled Irish chief, Dermot MacMurrough, to help him recover his kingdom of Leinster.
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves the English court of Henry II to establish her great court in Poitiers where the Courts of Love flourished.
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