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1163 CE

/ April (traditional date) – The first stone of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris is set by Pope Alexander III during the reign of Louis VII of France. Council of Tours opens. Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics. The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong (modern-day To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts) are first officially operated by the Song dynasty.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Egyptian military commander Shawar appointed Vizier of Egypt for a second term.source

Religion & Belief

  • March / April (traditional date) – The first stone of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris is set by Pope Alexander III during the reign of Louis VII of France.source
  • May 19 – Council of Tours opens. Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics.source
  • The Thousand Pillar Temple is constructed by Rudra Deva in India.source
  • Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house, by abbot Ekkehard.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong (modern-day To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts) are first officially operated by the Song dynasty.source

Science & Discovery

  • The Norwegian Law of Succession is introduced.source

Births

  • August 19 – Ottokar IV of Styria (d. 1192)source
  • As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (d. 1181)source
  • Canute VI of Denmark (d. 1202)source
  • Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, queen consort of England (d. 1217) (approximate date)source
  • Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (d. 1204)source
  • Ibn al-Qabisi, Iraqi grammarian and poet (d. 1235)source
  • Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura regent (d. 1224)source

Deaths

  • January 14 – King Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)source
  • February 10 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)source
  • May – Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Almohad Empire (b. 1094)source
  • August 10 – Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1089)source
  • date unknown – Constance of Antioch, ruler of Antioch (b. 1127) - or possibly early 1164source
  • Owain Gwynedd becomes partial ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in north Wales on the death of Gruffydd ap Rhys.source