1167

Events 
 Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of Japan
 Peter of Blois becomes the tutor of William II of Sicily
 Absalon, archbishop of Denmark, leads the first Danish synod at Lund
 Absalon fortifies Copenhagen
 William Marshal, "the greatest knight that ever lived", is knighted
 Afonso I of Portugal is defeated by the Kingdom of León
 Amalric I of Jerusalem unsuccessfully invades Egypt
 William of Tyre becomes archdeacon of Tyre
 May 29 – Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I