1170
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 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 | |
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| 1170 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1170 MCLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1923 |
| Armenian calendar | 619 ԹՎ ՈԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5920 |
| Bengali calendar | 577 |
| Berber calendar | 2120 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 2 – 17 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1714 |
| Burmese calendar | 532 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6678–6679 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3866 or 3806 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 3867 or 3807 |
| Coptic calendar | 886–887 |
| Discordian calendar | 2336 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1162–1163 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4930–4931 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1226–1227 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1092–1093 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4271–4272 |
| Holocene calendar | 11170 |
| Igbo calendar | 170–171 |
| Iranian calendar | 548–549 |
| Islamic calendar | 565–566 |
| Japanese calendar | Kaō 2 (嘉応２年) |
| Julian calendar | 1170 MCLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3503 |
| Minguo calendar | 742 before ROC 民前742年 |
| Seleucid era | 1481/1482 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1712–1713 |
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Year 1170 (MCLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- November (or 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, was assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
- The Danes attack Estonia.
- The city of Dublin is captured by the Normans.
- The East Frisian island of Bant is broken up in a North Sea flood.
- Palace guards massacre the civil officials at the Korean court and place a new king on the throne. The coup leaders abolish the privileges that have kept the aristocrats in power and appoint themselves to senior posts.
- Earliest dating for the making of Cheddar cheese
- According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailes to North America in his ship the Gwennan Gorn 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]
Births
- May 9 – Valdemar II of Denmark (d. 1241) (alternative date is June 28)
- Eustace the Monk, French pirate (d. 1217)
- Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of Philip II of France (d. 1190)
- Mukhali, general of Genghis Khan
- Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
- Approximate date – Fibonacci (Leonardo Pisano Bigollo), Pisan mathematician (d. 1240/50)
Deaths
- 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)
- Odo, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany