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1175 CE

A group of Isma'ili Assassins gains access into Saladin's camp and attempts to kill him during the siege of Aleppo. But his bodyguard saves his life, the others are slain while trying to escape. The Namayan Kingdom formed by a confederation of barangays, reaches its peak on Luzon (modern Philippines). The Chinese court establishes several government-paper money factories in the cities of Chengdu, Hangzhou and Huizhou. In Hangzhou alone a daily workforce of more than 1,000 men is employed.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Treaty of Windsor: High King Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair relinquishes his title and agrees to submit to Henry II as vassal of Connacht in Ireland.source
  • The Namayan Kingdom formed by a confederation of barangays, reaches its peak on Luzon (modern Philippines).source

Conflict & Security

  • May 22 – A group of Isma'ili Assassins gains access into Saladin's camp and attempts to kill him during the siege of Aleppo. But his bodyguard saves his life, the others are slain while trying to escape.source
  • Vordingborg Castle is completed by King Valdemar I of Denmark as a defensive fortress.source
  • Winter – The Massacre of Abergavenny ends with several Welsh noblemen dead, at the orders of Lord William de Braose.source
  • Under the admirals of the clan Banu Mardanish, an Almohad fleet suffers a large defeat at the hand of the Portuguese, as they are trying to re-conquer Lisbon.source

Religion & Belief

  • Count Raymond of Tripoli appoints William II as chancellor of Jerusalem and is elected as archbishop of Tyre.source
  • The High Academy of the Bosnian Church in Moštre (modern-day Visoko), is first mentioned in the Vatican archives.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Chinese court establishes several government-paper money factories in the cities of Chengdu, Hangzhou and Huizhou. In Hangzhou alone a daily workforce of more than 1,000 men is employed.source

Crime & Justice

  • Eleanor of Aquitaine is held under house arrest at Old Sarum Castle in Wiltshire. She is kept in comfort there – fine clothes for her are dispatched regularly from London.source

Culture & Society

  • King Henry II begins living openly with his mistress Rosamund Clifford, raising suspicions about their relationship and alienating Henry's wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.source
  • The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy is founded.source

Births

  • February 4 – Nadaungmya, king of Burma (d. 1235)source
  • Henry Audley, English nobleman (d. 1246)source
  • Margaret of Hungary, Byzantine empress (d. 1223)source
  • Raymond of Penyafort, Spanish Dominican friar (d. 1275)source
  • Roger III, king of Sicily (House of Hauteville) (d. 1193)source
  • Herman II, German nobleman (House of Lippe) (d. 1229)source
  • Emo of Friesland, Frisian scholar and abbot (d. 1237)source
  • Robert Grosseteste, English statesman (d. 1253)source
  • Śārṅgadeva, Indian musicologist and writer (d. 1247)source
  • Al-Zahir, caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (d. 1226)source
  • Yolanda, empress of the Latin Empire (d. 1219)source
  • Michael Scot, Scottish mathematician and scholar (d. 1232)source
  • Frederick I, duke of Austria (d. 1198)source
  • Theodore I, emperor of Nicaea (d. 1221)source

Deaths

  • January 12 – Yi Ui-bang, Korean military leader (b. 1121)source
  • January 24 – Ibn Asakir, Syrian historian and mystic (b. 1105)source
  • March 5 – Frederick of Hallum, Frisian priest and abbotsource
  • May 15 – Mleh I, prince of Armeniasource
  • May 25 – Ishoyahb V, patriarch of the Church of the Eastsource
  • July 1 – Reginald de Dunstanville, English nobleman (b. 1110)source
  • July 27 – Ponce de Minerva, French nobleman and generalsource
  • October 19 – Andrew of Saint Victor, English abbot and scholarsource
  • November 13 – Henry of France, archbishop of Reims (b. 1121)source
  • Clementia of Zähringen, duchess of Bavaria and Saxonysource
  • Maria Torribia, Spanish laywoman and hermitsource
  • Ibn Saad al-Khair al-Balancy, Arab Andalusian linguist and poet (b. 1116)source
  • Nicholas Hagiotheodorites, Byzantine scholar and officialsource