1164

Events

* Count Henry I of Champagne marries Marie de Champagne.
* Uppsala is recognized as the seat of the Swedish metropolitan.
* 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.
* Henry II of England insists that everyone in the kingdom, including clerics, be subject to the royal courts.
* Thomas Becket contends with Henry II, then leaves England to solicit support from the Pope and the King of France.
* The city of Tver is first mentioned in written records.

Births

* September 21 — Sancha of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile (d. 1208)
* December 28 — Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)

Deaths

* April 20 — Antipope Victor IV
* 19 May — Saint Bashnouna, Egyptian saint and martyr
* September 14 — Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
* December 31 — Margrave Ottokar III of Styria
* Prince Svyatoslav Olgovich of Novgorod-Seversky
* Fujiwara no Tadamichi, Japanese regent (b. 1097)
* Somerled, Lord of the Isles