Major Events
- Dec 29 English Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket assassinated before the high altar of Canterbury Cathedral by four knights
Born in 1170
- Apr 5 Isabella of Hainault, Queen of France (1180-90), born in Valenciennes, France (d. 1190)
- Aug 8 Saint Dominic, Castilian Catholic priest, founder of the Dominican Order, and patron saint of astronomers, born in Caleruega, Spain (d. 1221)
Thomas BecketMore 1170 Deaths
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
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Julius III
Leo X
Pius V