1162

Years: 1159 1160 1161 - 1162 - 1163 1164 1165

Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s - 1160s - 1170s 1180s 1190s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• June 3 - Thomas Becket consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• July 24 - Emperor Gaozong abdicated to Emperor Xiaozong.
• July 25 - Emperor Xiaozong announced to posthumously rehabilitate Yue Fei.

Births

• October 13 - Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214)
• Abd-el-latif, Baghdad traveller and writer
• Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire (died 1227)
• Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan (died 1206)
• Renier of Montferrat, Byzantine politician
• Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford (died 1218)

Deaths

• February 10 - King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)
• June 27 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
• August 6 - Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
• Haakon II of Norway
• Heloise, lover of Pierre Abélard (born 1101)
• Iziaslav III of Kiev
• Ibn Zuhr, Arab physician (born 1090)af:1162

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