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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Ancient Olympiads' not found. 1172 (MCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1172nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 172nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 12th century, and the 3rd year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1172, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1140s 1150s 1160s – 1170s – 1180s 1190s 1200s |
| Years: | 1169 1170 1171 – 1172 – 1173 1174 1175 |
Events
- Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England.
- Pope Gregory VIII starts the Council of Avranches.
- The Synod of Cashel ended the Celtic Christian system and converted them to Rome.
Births
- Baldwin I of Constantinople (d. 1205)
- Fujiwara Moroie, last of the Japanese Fujiwara Regents (d. 1238)
- Takash, the shah of Persia (d. 1200)
- Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford (d. 1214)
- Louis I, Count of Blois (d. 1205)
- Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester (d. 1232)
- Isabella of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem 1190/1192–1205 (d. 1205)
Deaths
- Agnes, daughter of Italian Count Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1125)
- Hemachandra, Indian mathematician, philosopher and historian (b. 1089)
