1170

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1140s 1150s 1160s – 1170s – 1180s 1190s 1200s
Years:	1167 1168 1169 – 1170 – 1171 1172 1173

1170 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Art and literature
1170 in poetry

Events

November/December – Henry II of England, when word reaches him in France of Thomas Becket's latest actions, utters words that are interpreted by his followers as a wish for the archbishop's death.
December 29 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
The city of Dublin is captured by the Normans.
According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailes to North America and founds a colony.
Estimation: Fes in the Almohad Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.[1]
The Danes attack Estonia.
The palace guards massacre the civil officials at the Korean court and place a new king on the throne. The coup leaders scrap the privileges that have kept the aristocrats in power and appoint themselves to top posts.
Earliest dating for the making of Cheddar cheese

January 22 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the Quanzhen School (b. 1113)
November 18 – Albert I of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
November 28 – Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. c. 1100)
December 29 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. c. 1118)
Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
Ruben II of Armenia (b. 1160)
Mstislav II of Kiev
Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet and writer (b. 1090)
Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany