1170

Events

 * wishes aloud that be destroyed.
 * — Assassination of, , in.
 * City of captured by the.
 * According to, the prince  sailes to  and founds a colony.
 * Estimation: in the  becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from, capital of the.
 * make an attack against.
 * The palace guards massacres the civil officials at 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.

Births

 * , French pirate (d. ).
 * , queen of (d. ).
 * , founder of the Dominicans (d. ).
 * (d. ).
 * (d. ).

Deaths

 * —, Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the (born )
 * — (b. c. )
 * —, (b. c. )
 * —, (assassinated) (b. c. )
 * , Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
 * (b. )
 * , Jewish poet and writer (b. )
 * , co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany
 * , co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany