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<catset>Category="1171"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="1168">1168</a> <a href="1169">1169</a> <a href="1170">1170</a> - 1171 - <a href="1172">1172</a> <a href="1173">1173</a> <a href="1174">1174</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="1140s">1140s</a> <a href="1150s">1150s</a> <a href="1160s">1160s</a> - <b><a href="1170s">1170s</a></b> - <a href="1180s">1180s</a> <a href="1190s">1190s</a> <a href="1200s">1200s</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><b><a href="Centuries">Centuries</a>:</b></small><br><a href="11th century">11th century</a> - <b><a href="12th century">12th century</a></b> - <a href="13th century">13th century</a></td></tr></table><p></right><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Events</h2><ul> <li> <a href="Saladin">Saladin</a> abolishes the <a href="Fatimid">Fatimid</a> caliphate, restoring <a href="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a> rule in <a href="History of early Arab Egypt">Egypt</a>. <li> <a href="Rhys ap Gruffydd">Rhys ap Gruffydd</a> agrees to negotiate with <a href="Henry II of England">Henry II of England</a>. <li> Construction of the Cathedral of Saint Sabino in <a href="Bari">Bari</a> is completed. <li> <a href="Serbia">Serbian</a> ruler <a href="Stefan Nemanja">Stefan Nemanja</a> begins sole reign. <li> <a href="Alfonso II of Aragon">Alfonso II of Aragon</a> conquers Caspe and <a href="Teruel">Teruel</a>. <li> <a href="Henry II of England">Henry II of England</a>, with the aid of the ousted King of the Irish province of <a href="Leinster">Leinster</a>, <a href="Dermot MacMurrough">Diarmait MacMurrough</a>, sponsors the <a href="Normans">Norman</a> invasion of <a href="Ireland">Ireland</a>, sparking 8 centuries of conflict and war between Ireland and <a href="England">England</a>. </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Births</h2><ul> <li> <a href="August 15">August 15</a> - King <a href="Alfonso IX of Leon">Alfonso IX of Leon</a> (died <a href="1230">1230</a>) <li> <a href="Agnes of France">Agnes of France</a>, daughter of <a href="Louis VII of France">Louis VII of France</a> (died <a href="1240">1240</a>) </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Deaths</h2><ul> <li> <a href="February 20">February 20</a> - <a href="Conan IV, Duke of Brittany">Conan IV, Duke of Brittany</a> (born <a href="1138">1138</a>) <li> <a href="November 8">November 8</a> - <a href="Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut">Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut</a> (born <a href="1108">1108</a>) <li> <a href="Henry of Blois">Henry of Blois</a>, bishop of Winchester (born <a href="1111">1111</a>) <li> <a href="Gleb of Kiev">Gleb of Kiev</a> <li> <a href="Dermot MacMurrough">Diarmait Mac Murchada</a>, King of Leinster </ul>