1175 TIMELINE

Jeff Linn
IAR 221-01
1175 AD

GOVERNANCE

- Saladin recognized as sultan of Egypt and Syria
- Genghis Kahn is Born
- Richard I (“the Lionhearted”) succeeds Henry II in England, killed in France (1199), succeeded by King John. Third Crusade.
- Rory O’Connor, last high king of Ireland goes into submission as vassal to Henry II of England by the Treaty of Windsor
- William the Lion, King of Scotland asks the pope to declare the Scottish church free of English domination.
- Otto IV is born, Holy Roman emperor (1209–15) and German king, son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony.

TECHNONLOGY

- Magnetic Compas invented (1182)
- Leonardo Pisano, "greatest European mathematician of the middle ages" is born in Pisa, Italy.
- Circa 1000, The first street lamps appear in Cordoba, Al-Andalus
- Circa 1175, Spiral scoop-wheel, a device which raises large quantities of water to ground level with a high degree of efficiency, invented in Baghdad, Iraq
- 1190: Mariner's compass developed in Italy

INSTITUTIONS

- Ibn-Rushd begins translating Aristotle's works.
- “The Dream of Rhonabwy” was written, which contains Welsh traditions about King Arthur.
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COMMERCE

- Shrove Tuesday soccer game becomes an annual event in Derby England.
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1175 BC

GOVERNANCE

TECHNONLOGY
- Circa 1175 BC: Coins in China
- Circa 1175 BC: Lens in Assyria
- Circa 1175 BC: Central heating: Ondol in Korea
- Circa 1175 BC: Underfloor heating: Ondol in Korea


INSTITUTIONS
- William of Tyre made archbishop of Tyre. Author of, the History of Deeds Done beyond the Sea, is a detailed account of the Crusades and the Latin Kingdom from 1095 to 1184.
- Eustathius, Byzantine scholar, archbishop of Salonica (from 1175). He became renowned as master of the orators at Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, then a center of learning. He lectured on Homer and Pindar.


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o www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk
o http://ehistory.osu.edu
o http://www.infoplease.com/
o http://inventors.about.com