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AD 1191: The Jurchen Empire prohibited the use of Khitan writing system, in addition to the use of Chinese characters in family names.

This proposal is shorter and has more loopholes than any one section of the law of the twelve tables. Against.

AD 1185: The Kamakura Shogunate was established. This is disputed. Minamoto Yoritomo founded his nationwide bakufus to administrate military and other affairs, effectively overridding power from the Imperial Court. However his power was not sanctioned de jure until 1192 when he gained the title...

AD 1183: Emperor Antoku was forced to escape from the capital due to Taira Clan's disadvantages in Gempei War. The 3-year-old Emperor Go-Toba ascended the throne with Minamoto Clan's support.

AD 1181: Chinese and Japanese astronomers discovered a supernova later known as SN 1181. It was confirmed in recent years as a Iax supernova, which means it is extreme dark compared to other supernovae.

AD 1177: Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I "Barbarossa" signed a peace treaty with the Lombard League after the mediation of Venetian Doge Sebastiano Ziani, ending Holy Roman Empire's support for the antipope.

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AD 1175: Meeting of Éhú - Chinese philosophers Zhū Xī and Lù Jiǔlíng & Lù Jiǔyuān held a public debate in Éhú (nowadays in Jiāngxī Province) over epistemology; Zhū believed one must learn through observing the material world, while Lù Brothers believed one may learn through internal inspiration...

AD 1173: The construction of Tower of Pisa started. The tower began leaning to one side when the third floor was finished, hence the name "Leaning Tower of Pisa".

AD 1169: The Anglo-Normans began their invasion of Ireland when Henry II dispatched a 600-men troop onto the island.

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AD 1167: King of England Henry II prohibited English students from attending the University of Paris. Most of them came back to England and helped the development of the University of Oxford.

AD 1165: Nobuhito became Emperor Rokujō of Japan at the age of less than one (8-month-old), making him the youngest emperor to ascend the throne in Japan's history. Konoe Motozane became his regent at the age of 22.

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AD 1162: Poet and rebel general Xīn Qìjí escaped from the Jurchen Empire to Southern Sòng.

AD 1160: King of Sweden Erik IX Jedvardsson was assassinated by Magnus Henriksson, who proclaimed him self king later. Magnus would be assassainted too in the next year. Erik soon was worshipped as a saint.

AD 1158: Welsh leader Ifor Bach snuck into Cardiff Castle and kidnapped the entire family of William Fitz Robert, Earl of Gloucester.

AD 1156: July – The Hōgen Disturbance broke out in Japan. Former emperor Sutoku wanted that his son take the throne, but the chief chief councillor supported Go-Shirakawa. The situation escalated into a coup d'état as a few hundred samurais supporting Go-Shirakawa attacked Sutoku's base and...

1152: The Xiāngshān County was established by Southern Sòng Dynasty, which would ultimately become today's Macao/Macau.

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AD 1150: The University of Paris was founded.

AD 1146: Confucius was recognized as an emperor by the Western Xià Dynasty. Though Confucius was respected in Chinese history, this was the only time he got worshipped as an emperor.

AD 1143: King of Léon and Castile Alfonso VII signed the Treaty of Zamora and acknowledged his cousin Afonso Henriques's title and the de facto independence of Portugal.

AD 1139: Southern Sòng Dynasty reached a peace agreement with the Jurchen Empire. However, some important generals like Yuè Fēi were against this agreement and would continue to fight against Jurchens despite their emperor's order.

AD 1137: Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus's army besieged the city of Antioch. Several days later Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, surrendered and Antioch became a fief of the Byzantine Empire.

Premise: AD 1127: The Jurchen Empire took the capital city of Sòng Dynasty and captured their emperor (and former emperor). Zhào Gòu, one of the sons of Emperor Huīzōng, escaped to the south and re-organized Sòng Dynasty's government. He was enthroned as Emperor Gāozōng of Sòng and his country...

AD 1125: Seeing the weakness of their neighbor on the south, Jurchen Empire attacked Sòng Dynasty in October. In a hurry, Emperor Huīzōng declared his abdication in December since he did not want to take the responsibility for defeat. His son Zhào Huán succeeded him as Emperor Qīnzōng of Sòng.

AD 1123: Jurchen army occupied the southern capital of Khitan Empire (nowadays Běijīng; Khitan Empire had three capitals and they had already lost the other two before). The Khitan Emperor went missing. This is considered the end of Khitan Empire by some historians, however others think it would...

AD 1121: Battle of Didgori – More than one hundred thousand men fought in this battle between Christians and Seljuk Turks. Led by King David IV of Georgia, the Christian armies crushed their enemies so completely that commander of Turks, Ilghazi, fled from the battlefield alone, leaving nearly...

AD 1119: Two Jurchen ministers, Wanyan Xiyin and Yelu, invented a writing system for Jurchen language based on the form of Chinese script and Khitan script. This was known as the Greater Jurchen Script. Emperor Aguda soon mandated the use of this script throughout his Empire.