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| Years: 1159 1160 1161 - 1162 - 1163 1164 1165 | |
| Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s - 1160s - 1170s 1180s 1190s | |
| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century | |
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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.
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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)
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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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