1173: Year
1173 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1140s 1150s 1160s – 1170s – 1180s 1190s 1200s |
| Years: | 1170 1171 1172 – 1173 – 1174 1175 1176 |
Events
- Canonization of Saint Thomas à Becket, buried at Canterbury
- August 9th – Construction starts on the Leaning tower of Pisa
- Castle at Abergavenny was seized by the Welsh.
- Conversion to Christianity of Peter Waldo and the subsequent founding of the Waldensians.
- End of Qiandao era and start of Chunxi era of the Chinese emperor Xiaozong
- End of reign of Polish ruler Boleslaus IV of Poland and start of reign of Casimir II of Poland
- Eleanor of Aquitaine and her sons rebel against her husband Henry II of England in the Revolt of 1173-1174
- First recorded use of algebraic chess notation
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