1176

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1140s  1150s  1160s  – 1170s –  1180s  1190s  1200s
Years:	1173 1174 1175 – 1176 – 1177 1178 1179

1176 Media

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  The Rum Turks ambush the Byzantines at the pass of Myriokephalon (1880).

1176 (MCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1176th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 176th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 12th century, and the 7th year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1176, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• January — Assize of Northampton.
• May 22 — Murder tried but failed by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo.
• Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo.
• May 29 — Frederick Barbarossa is beaten.
• September 17 — Seljuk Turks beats Manuel I Comnenus at the Battle of Myriokephalon.
• Cathedral of Sens makes the first "clock".
• Construction begins on the London Bridge.
• Aberdeen becomes a royal burgh.
• The first recorded Welsh Eisteddfod is held by Rhys ap Gruffydd at Cardigan.

Births

• Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (d. 1220)
• Leopold VI of Austria (d. 1230)
• William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (around date; d. 1226)
• Saint Sava, Serbian prince and archbishop (d. 1235)
• Subutai, Mongol general, tried to bring together the Mongolia

Deaths

• April 20 — Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
• May 13 — Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
• August 23 — Emperor Rokujo- of Japan (b. 1164)
• October 25 — William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. c. 1109)
• Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (b. 1150)
• Saint Galdino, Italian archdeacon