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

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  Murder of Thomas Becket (c. 1200)

1170 (MCLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1170th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 170th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 12th century, and the 1st year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1170, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• April 23 – Isabelle of Hainaut
• August 8 – Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)

Deaths

• December 29 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. c. 1118)