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Year 1163 (MCLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales.
  • Silesian duchies accept the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • The Law of Succession is introduced in Norway.
  • Council of Tours: Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics.
  • Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house by Cornwall.
  • The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong, nowadays To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts, are first officially operated by the Song dynasty.
  • The first stone of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is set by Pope Alexander III.
  • The Almohads finish driving the Normans out of North Africa.

    • Births

  • Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (d. 1204)
  • Canute VI of Denmark (d. 1202)
  • Ottokar IV of Styria (d. 1192)
  • Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura regent (d. 1224)
  • As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (d. 1181)

    • Deaths

  • January 14 – King Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
  • February 10 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)
  • date unknown
  • Constance of Antioch, ruler of Antioch (b. 1127)
  • Abd al-Mumin, founder of the Almohad empire (b. 1094)
  • Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1089)

    • References

    1163 Wikipedia
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