    __notoc__ year 1164 (mclxiv) was a leap year starting on wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == ===by place=== ====africa==== * commercial treaty grants access to almohad-dominated ports to merchants from several european powers including marseille and savona. ====europe==== * january &ndash; a council of nobles and bishops meeting with henry ii of england at clarendon palace passes the constitutions of clarendon which attempt to restore royal jurisdiction over the church in the kingdom of england. * november 2 &ndash; thomas becket, having contended with henry ii of england over the power of secular courts, is found guilty of contempt of court and exiled to france where he solicits support from the pope and the king of france. * battle of renfrew in scotland: the scoto-norman army of king malcolm iv of scotland led by walter fitz alan defeats norseâgaels from the kingdom of the isles under somerled, who is killed, near the river clyde. * henry i, count of champagne, marries marie of france. * the city of tver is first mentioned in written records. ===by topic=== ====markets==== * the republic of venice imitates the genoese example and secures its loans against fiscal revenues to obtain lower interest rates. in the first operation of this kind, the republic obtains 1150 silver marci for 12 years of the taxes levied on the rialto market. ====religion==== * august 5 &ndash; uppsala is recognized as the seat of the swedish metropolitan with the coronation of its first archbishop stefan by pope alexander iii. * antipope paschal iii is elected by cardinals supporting frederick barbarossa. * olaf ii of norway is canonized as saint olaf. * archbishop rainald of dassel brings relics of the magi from milan to cologne. == births == * december 28 &ndash; emperor rokujÅ of japan (d. 1176) == deaths == * february 14 &ndash; prince svyatoslav olgovich of novgorod-seversky * march 13 &ndash; fujiwara no tadamichi, japanese regent (b. [[
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