Year 1167 (MCLXVII ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Lombard standard bearer re-entering Milan , after the League's foundation.
Member cities of the Lombard League
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April 7 – Oath of Pontida : Supported by Pope Alexander III , the Lombard League is founded, a military alliance between the municipalities of Milan , Lodi , Ferrara , Piacenza and Parma , against the German invading forces of Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) in Northern Italy . The League (with other Italian cities) openly challenges Frederick's claim to power (Honor Imperii ).
April 12 – King Charles VII (Sverkersson) is murdered at Visingsö by supporters of Canute I (son of Eric IX ), who proclaims himself king of Sweden . However, Charles's half-brothers Boleslaw and Kol Sverkerson proclaim themselves rulers of Östergötland , in opposition to Canute, which leads to fights for the power in Sweden (until 1173 ).
May 29 – Battle of Monte Porzio : The army of the Commune of Rome is defeated by German forces under Frederick I and the local princes; Alexander III leaves Rome .[1] Frederick proceeds to Rome, where he is crowned by Antipope Paschal III for the second time. A sudden outbreak of pestilence kills many of his advisors and knights.[2]
July 8 – Battle of Sirmium : Byzantine forces (15,000 men) under General Andronikos Kontostephanos defeat the Hungarians at Sirmium . Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos) consolidates his control over the western Balkans .
August – Frederick I claims imperial authority over Bohemia , Greater Poland and Hungary . He installs his 3-year-old son Frederick V as duke of Swabia , after Frederick's cousin, Frederick IV , dies of disease at Rome.
Egypt
March 18 – Battle of Al-Babein : A second Zangid army (some 12,000 men) under General Shirkuh and his nephew Saladin marches towards Egypt , but is met by the combined Crusader-Fatimid forces led by King Amalric of Jerusalem . After skirmishing down the Nile , the Crusaders are defeated near Giza and forced to retreat to Cairo .[3]
May–June – Saladin leads the defence of Alexandria against the Crusader-Fatimid forces. He takes command over the garrison (plus some 1,000 cavalry), and the army's sick and wounded.[4]
August 4 – Amalric I accepts a peace treaty and enters Alexandria at the head of the Crusader army. Saladin and his troops are escorted out with full military honours, and retreats to Syria .[5]
Probable date – Battle of Pantina : The Byzantines intervene on behalf of Grand Prince Tihomir of Serbia against his rebellious brother, Prince Stefan Nemanja , who defeats the Byzantine forces and becomes Grand Župan of Serbia .
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Religion
Absalon , Danish archbishop and statesman, leads the first synod at Lund . He is granted land around the city of "Havn" (modern-day Copenhagen ) and fortifies the coastal defence against the Wends .
January 12 – Aelred of Rievaulx , English abbot (b. 1110 )
February 27 – Robert of Melun , bishop of Hereford (b. 1100 )
April 12 – Charles VII (Sverkersson), king of Sweden (b. 1130 )
July 13 – Xia (Shenfu), Chinese empress consort (b. 1136 )
August
August 14 – Rainald of Dassel , German archbishop (b. 1120 )
August 17 – Nicolò Politi , Italian monk and hermit (b. 1117 )
August 22 – Relindis of Hohenburg , French abbess
September 10 – Matilda , Holy Roman Empress (b. 1102 )
Abraham ibn Ezra , Spanish philosopher (approximate date)
Alaungsithu , Burmese king of the Pagan Dynasty (b. 1090 )
Basava , Indian philosopher and statesman (b. 1105 )
Christian I (the Quarrelsome), count of Oldenburg
Euphrosyne of Polotsk , Kievan princess (b. 1104 )
Hugh of Poitiers , French monk and chronicler
Occo of Schleswig (or Ogge), Danish bishop
Raymond I (or Raimond), French nobleman
Rostislav I , Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1110)
Vigueur, Jean-Claude Maire (2010). L'autre Rome: Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle) . Paris: Tallandier. p. 315. ISBN 978-2-84734-719-7 .
Andrew Roberts (2011). Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582) , pp. 135–136. ISBN 978-0-85738-589-5 .
Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: Kingdom of Jerusalem , p. 305. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3 .
Sager, Peter (2005). Oxford and Cambridge: An Uncommon History . London: Thames & Hudson. p. 36. ISBN 0500512493 .