1165

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Events

• November 23 — Pope Alexander III enters Rome.
• Emperor Rokujō ascends to the throne of Japan at the age of one.
• William I becomes King of Scotland.
• Byzantine Emperor Andronicus I escapes from prison.
• Henry II of England begins an affair with Rosamund Clifford.
• Henry II of England invades Wales but is forced to retreat.
• The Muslims take Caesarea Philippi from the Crusaders.
• Leipzig gains city and market privileges.
• The town of Pistoia obteins the appellation of "imperio fidelissima" from Frederick I as faithful of the emperor.
• Construction of the Liuhe Pagoda of Hangzhou, China, is completed in this year during the Song Dynasty.

Births

• August 21 — King Philip II of France (d. 1223)
• Ibn Arabi, Syrian Sufi philosopher (d. 1240)
• Henry I, Duke of Brabant (d. 1235)
• Albert of Buxhoeveden, German soldier (d. 1229)
• Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1197)
• Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, daughter of Henry II of England (d. 1199)
• Phillipe de Plessis, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (d. 1209)

Deaths

• February 7 — Marshal Stephen of Armenia
• September 5 — Emperor Nijō of Japan (b. 1143)
• December 9 — King Malcolm IV of Scotland (b. 1141)
• Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi, Arab philosopher and physicist (b. 1080)
• Sibylla of Anjou, Countess of Flanders (b. c. 1112)

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