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[[File:Xiaozong.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Emperor [[Emperor Xiaozong of Song|Xiao Zong]] (1127–1194)]]
Year '''1162''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[March 6]] &ndash; German forces led by [[Frederick Barbarossa]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]], capture [[Milan]]; much of the city is destroyed three weeks later on the emperor's orders. The fortifications are demolished and the churches are destroyed. The population is dispersed, and the commune abolished.<ref>Andrew Roberts (2011). ''Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582)'', p. 135. {{ISBN|978-0-85738-589-5}}.</ref> The fate of Milan leads to the submission of [[Brescia]], [[Piacenza]], and many other northern Italian cities.<ref>Comyn, Robert (1851). ''History of the Western Empire, from its Restoration by Charlemagne to the Accession of Charles V'', p. 246.</ref>
* [[July 7]] &ndash; Norwegian forces supporting 6-year-old [[Magnus V of Norway|Magnus V]] (Erlingsson) defeat the 15-year-old King [[Haakon II of Norway|Haakon II]] (Sigurdsson), who is killed in battle in [[Romsdal]] after a 5-year reign. 
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus II of Hungary|Ladislaus II]], duke of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages|Bosnia]], is declared king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Croatia in union with Hungary|Croatia]]. He is crowned by Archbishop [[Mikó (archbishop of Kalocsa)|Mikó]] and grants [[Duchy (Kingdom of Hungary)|one-third of the kingdom]] to his brother, [[Stephen IV of Hungary|Stephen IV]].

==== England ====
* [[June 3]] &ndash; King [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] has his chancellor [[Thomas Becket]] elected to succeed the late [[Theobald of Bec]] as archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]. He accepts the [[pallium]] sent by [[Pope Alexander III]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohad]] emir, [[Abd al-Mu'min]], prepares a gigantic fleet of some four hundred ships to invade [[Al-Andalus]] (modern [[Spain]]). He dies the following year, before the fleet is completed.<ref name="lameretlemusulmans">Picard C. (1997). ''La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, p. 77.</ref>

==== China ====
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozong of Song]] becomes embroiled in war again as hostilities resume with the [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]]-led [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] (or "Great Jin") after 21 years of peace. Another peace treaty is signed, Gao abdicates the throne in favor of his adopted son [[Emperor Xiaozong of Song|Xiaozong]]. The smaller [[Song dynasty#Southern Song, 1127–1279|Southern Song]] empire becomes richer than the [[Song dynasty]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The [[Beisi Pagoda]] (or North Temple Pagoda) is completed during the Song dynasty in China.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Ogasawara Nagakiyo]], Japanese warrior (d. [[1242]])
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen|Theodoric I]], margrave of [[Margravate of Meissen|Meissen]] (d. [[1221]])
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Benchō]], Japanese [[Buddhism in Japan|Buddhist]] patriarch (d. [[1238]])
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Empress Yang (Song dynasty)|Yang]] (or Gongsheng), Chinese empress (d. [[1233]])
* [[Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi]], Abbasid traveler and writer (d. [[1231]])
* [[Fujiwara no Teika]], Japanese poet and calligrapher (d. [[1241]])
* [[Gebre Mesqel Lalibela]], ruler of the [[Ethiopian Empire]] (d. 1221)
* [[Genghis Khan]], founder of the [[Mongol Empire]] (d. [[1227]])
* [[Geoffrey Fitz Peter, 1st Earl of Essex|Geoffrey Fitz Peter]], 1st [[Earl of Essex]] (approximate date)
* [[Guillem de Cabestany]], Spanish [[troubadour]] (d. [[1212]])
* [[Kajiwara Kagesue]], Japanese [[Nobility|nobleman]] (d. [[1200]])
* [[Renier of Montferrat]], Byzantine politician (d. [[1183]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Theotonius of Coimbra|Theotonius]], Portuguese advisor (b. [[1082]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Géza II of Hungary|Géza II]], king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Croatia in union with Hungary|Croatia]] (b. [[1130]])
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[Haakon II of Norway|Haakon II]] (Sigurdsson), king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] (b. [[1147]])
* [[July 29]] &ndash; [[Guigues V of Albon|Guigues V]], count of [[List of counts of Albon and dauphins of Viennois|Albon]] and [[Grenoble]] (b. [[1125]])
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Fujiwara no Tadazane]], Japanese nobleman (b. [[1078]])
* [[August 6]] &ndash; [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer IV]], count of [[County of Barcelona|Barcelona]] (b. [[1114]])
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Odo II, Duke of Burgundy|Odo II]], duke of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] (b. [[1118]])
* [[Adalbert of Pomerania]], German missionary and bishop
* [[Angharad ferch Owain]], queen consort of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]] (b. [[1065]])
* [[Odo of Deuil]] (or ''Eudes''), French [[abbot]] and historian
* [[Henry Aristippus]] (or ''Henricus''), Italian chancellor
* [[Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland]], Norman nobleman and knight
* [[Ibn Zuhr]] (or Avenzoar), [[Medicine in the medieval Islamic world|Moorish physician]] (b. [[1094]])
* [[Judith of Baden]], German margravine
* [[Richard de Belmeis II]], English bishop and politician
* [[Sylvester of Marsico]], Norman nobleman (b. [[1100]])
* [[Tiantong Zongjue]], Chinese [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk (b. [[1091]])

== References ==
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