What Happened in 1165

Major Events

  • May 16 Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine
  • Oct 12 Jewish rabbi and philosopher Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or the Rambam) reaches Jerusalem
  • Nov 23 Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

Born in 1165

  • Jul 28 Ibn al-'Arabi, Muslim mystic and philosopher (The Meccan Revelations), born in Murcia, Spain (d. 1240)
  • Aug 21 Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian King of France (1179-1223), born in Gonesse, France (d. 1223)

Who Died in 1165

  • Sep 5 Emperor Nijo of Japan (b. 1143)
  • Dec 9 Malcolm IV of Scotland, nicknamed Virgo "the Maiden", King of Scots (1153-65), dies of poor health at 24