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Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

Events Before

  1. Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot

    Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot races to celebrate in the Hippodrome

  2. Pastor Frederik forms a convent at Mariengaarde, Friesland

    Pastor Frederik forms a convent at Mariengaarde, Friesland

  3. Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

    Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

  4. Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

    Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

  5. Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch

    Bohemond III of Antioch, also known as Bohemond the Child or the Stammerer (French: Bohémond le Bambe/le Baube; c. 1148–1201), was Prince of Antioch from 1163 to 1201.

Events After

  1. Austrian town of Bad Kleinkirchheim is first mentioned, in an ecclesiastical document

    Austrian town of Bad Kleinkirchheim is first mentioned, in an ecclesiastical document

  2. Battle of al-Babein: King Amalric I of Jerusalem fights a Zengid army to a draw over access to Egypt

    The Battle of al-Babein took place on March 18, 1167, during the third Crusader invasion of Egypt.

  3. Battle of Monte Porzio: Holy Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Da

    Battle of Monte Porzio: Holy Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel

  4. Northern Italian towns form the Lombard League

    The Lombard League (Latin: Societas Lombardiae; Italian: Lega Lombarda) was an alliance of cities formed in 1167, and supported by the popes, to counter the attempts by the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman...

  5. Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.

    Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.

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