1174

1174 (MCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1174th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 174th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 12th century, and the 5th year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1174, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1140s  1150s  1160s  – 1170s –  1180s  1190s  1200s
Years:	1171 1172 1173 – 1174 – 1175 1176 1177

1174 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1174 MCLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	1927
Armenian calendar	623 ԹՎ ՈԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	5924
Balinese saka calendar	1095–1096
Bengali calendar	581
Berber calendar	2124
English Regnal year	20 Hen. 2 – 21 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1718
Burmese calendar	536
Byzantine calendar	6682–6683
Chinese calendar	癸巳年 (Water Snake) 3870 or 3810     — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 3871 or 3811
Coptic calendar	890–891
Discordian calendar	2340
Ethiopian calendar	1166–1167
Hebrew calendar	4934–4935
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1230–1231
- Shaka Samvat	1095–1096
- Kali Yuga	4274–4275
Holocene calendar	11174
Igbo calendar	174–175
Iranian calendar	552–553
Islamic calendar	569–570
Japanese calendar	Jōan 4 (承安４年)
Javanese calendar	1081–1082
Julian calendar	1174 MCLXXIV
Korean calendar	3507
Minguo calendar	738 before ROC 民前738年
Nanakshahi calendar	−294
Seleucid era	1485/1486 AG
Thai solar calendar	1716–1717
Tibetan calendar	阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1300 or 919 or 147     — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1301 or 920 or 148

Events

• Vietnam is given the name of Annam by China.
• Henry II of England confesses Rosamund Clifford as his mistress.
• Revolt of 1173-1174 against Henry II of England ends when the rebels are beaten.
• William I of Scotland is captured by Ranulf de Glanvill at the Battle of Alnwick (1174).
• Richard of Dover becomes Archbishop of Canterbury.
• William de Braose, Third Lord of Bramber becomes sheriff of Hereford.
• Baldwin IV becomes King of Jerusalem.
• Fire destroys most of Padua, Italy.
• City of Pombal, is started by Gualdim Pais in Portugal.
• Saladin takes Damascus.
• The last Toltec king commits suicide.

Births

• Saint Hedwig of Andechs (d. 1243)
• King Peter II of Aragon (d. 1213)
• Emeric of Hungary (d. 1204)

Deaths

• May 15 — Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
• June 28 — Andrei Bogolyubsky, Prince of Vladimir (b. c. 1111)
• July 11 — King Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
• September 22 — Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (b. c. 1120)
• October 17 — Queen Petronila of Aragon (b. 1135)
• Everard des Barres, third Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• Miles of Plancy, French crusader