1163 CE

Council of Tours opens. Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics. The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong (modern-day To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts) are first officially operated by the Song dynasty. Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin was converted to a priory of the Regular Order of Arrosian Canons (Reformed Augustinian Rule) by the second Archbishop of Dublin, Laurence O'Toole.

In the 1160s, the 12th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Egyptian military commander Shawar appointed Vizier of Egypt for a second term.source

Conflict & Security

  • Owain Gwynedd becomes partial ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in north Wales on the death of Gruffydd ap Rhys.source

Religion & Belief

  • March / April (traditional date) – The first stone of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris is set by Pope Alexander III during the reign of Louis VII of France.source
  • May 19 – Council of Tours opens. Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics.source
  • The Thousand Pillar Temple is constructed by Rudra Deva in India.source
  • Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house, by abbot Ekkehard.source
  • Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin was converted to a priory of the Regular Order of Arrosian Canons (Reformed Augustinian Rule) by the second Archbishop of Dublin, Laurence O'Toole.Irelandsource

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong (modern-day To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts) are first officially operated by the Song dynasty.source

Science & Discovery

  • The Norwegian Law of Succession is introduced.source

Births

  • August 19 – Ottokar IV of Styria (died 1192)source
  • As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (died 1181)source
  • Canute VI of Denmark (died 1202)source
  • Isabella, Countess of Gloucester, queen consort of England (died 1217) (approximate date)source
  • Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (died 1204)source
  • Ibn al-Qabisi, Iraqi grammarian and poet (died 1235)source
  • Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura regent (died 1224)source

Deaths

  • January 14 – King Ladislaus II of Hungary (born 1131)source
  • February 10 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (born 1130)source
  • May – Abd al-Mu'min, founder of the Almohad Empire (born 1094)source
  • August 10 – Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1089)source
  • date unknown – Constance of Antioch, ruler of Antioch (born 1127) - or possibly early 1164source