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Year 1163 ( MCLXIII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Adhemarde Monteil was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for the expedition to the Holy Land. Remembered for his martial prowess, he led knights and men into battle and fought beside them, particularly at the Battle of Dorylaeum and Siege of Antioch. Adhemar is said to have carried the Holy Lance in the Crusaders’ desperate breakout at Antioch on 28 June 1098, in which superior Islamic forces under the atabeg Kerbogha were routed, securing the city for the Crusaders. He died in 1098 due to illness.
William of Ockham or Occam was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of the 14th century. He is commonly known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle that bears his name, and also produced significant works on logic, physics and theology. William is remembered in the Church of England with a commemoration on the 10th of April.
The 1160s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1160, and ended on December 31, 1169.
Year 1141 (MCXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
The 1150s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1150, and ended on December 31, 1159.
The 1170s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1170, and ended on December 31, 1179.
Year 1130 (MCXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
The 1130s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1130, and ended on December 31, 1139.
Year 1139 (MCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
The 1140s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1140, and ended on December 31, 1149.
Year 1146 (MCXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
The 1180s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1180, and ended on December 31, 1189.
Year 1157 (MCLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1160 (MCLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1145 (MCXLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1159 (MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1089 (MLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Qiwam al-Dawla Kerbogha, known as Kerbogha or Karbughā, was atabeg of Mosul during the First Crusade and was renowned as a soldier.
John Paul Meier was an American biblical scholar and Catholic priest. He was author of the series A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, six other books, and more than 70 articles for peer-reviewed or solicited journals or books.
Dahui Zonggao was a 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master. Dahui was a student of Yuanwu Keqin (1063–1135) and was the 12th generation of the Linji school of Chan Buddhism. He was the dominant figure of the Linji school during the Song dynasty.
1163 Notre Dame Pope.
The traditional starting date is associated with the visit of Pope Alexander III to Paris between March 24 and April 25, 1163, during which time he dedicated the "new" chevet at St.-Germain-des-Pres and is said to have laid the cornerstone of Notre-Dame.
The tradition that the cornerstone was laid in 1163 may well be either apocryphal or largely symbolic [...] I shall not take issue with the traditional date of the inception of the work in ca. 1163, nor with the date of its completion in ca. 1250, for both of which there is much good evidence.
We know from Thomas Becket's letter to Pope Alexander that Owain had begun to refer to himself as princeps by at least 1163.
The separation of Silesia from Poland dates, for practical purposes perhaps from 1163
Upper Silesia had not been Polish since 1163
Knud VI, king of Denmark, 1163-1202
1162-1163 László II
Abd al-Mu'min (the famous Almohad conqueror, who died in 1163)
Song dynasty (960-1279) Chinese Chan exegete, Dahui Zonggao 大慧宗杲 (1089-1163).