1176

Events

• Al-Adil I, the Muslim ruler of Egypt, suppresses a revolt by the Christian Copts in the city of Qift, hanging nearly 3,000 of them on the trees around the city.
• January — The Assize of Northampton is enacted.
• May 22 — The Hashshashin attempt to murder Saladin near Aleppo.
• Raynald of Chatillon is released from prison in Aleppo.
• May 29 — Battle of Legnano: Frederick Barbarossa is defeated by the Lombard League, leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni).
• September 17 — Battle of Myriokephalon: The Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel I Comnenus.
• The Cathedral of Sens installs the first "horologe".
• Construction begins on the London Bridge.
• Aberdeen becomes a royal burgh.
• The Carthusian Order is approved.
• The first recorded Welsh Eisteddfod is held by Rhys ap Gruffydd at Cardigan.

Births

• Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (d. 1220)
• Leopold VI of Austria (d. 1230)
• William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d. 1226)
• Saint Sava, Serbian prince and archbishop (d. 1235)
• Subutai, Mongol general, involved in campaigns from the unification of Mongolia to the Battle of Mohi

Deaths

• April 20 — Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
• May 13 — Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
• August 23 — Emperor Rokujo- of Japan (b. 1164)
• October 25 — William d\'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. c. 1109)
• Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (b. 1150)
• Saint Galdino, Italian archdeacon

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