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1176

Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni)

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1175

Ruaidri Ua Conchobair (Rory O'Conner), last High King of Ireland, submits to Henry II as vassal of Ireland with the Treaty of Windsor

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1174

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- Vietnam is given the official name of Annam by China.

- Henry II of England acknowledges Rosamund Clifford as his mistress.
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Revolt of 1173-1174 against Henry II of England ends with defeat of the rebels.

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1173

Eleanor of Aquitaine and her sons rebel against her husband Henry II of England in the Revolt of 1173-1174

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1172

Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England.

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1171

Henry II of England, with the aid of the ousted King of the Irish province of Leinster, Diarmait MacMurrough, sponsors the Norman invasion of Ireland, sparking eight centuries of conflict and war between Ireland and England.

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1170

City of Dublin captured by the Normans

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1169

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.

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1168

December 22 - Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph orders the city set afire. The city burns for 54 days.

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1167

Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan