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1163 Establishments In Europe
Year 1163 ( MCLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events * Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales. * Silesian duchies accept the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire. * The Law of Succession is introduced in Norway. * Council of Tours: Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics. * Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house, by Cornwall. * The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong (nowadays To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts) are first officially operated by the Song dynasty. * The first stone of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is set by Pope Alexander III. * The Thousand Pillar Temple is constructed by Rudra Deva in India. * The Notre-Dame Cathedral is laid in the reign of Louis VII in Paris, France Births * Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (d. 1204) * Canute VI of Denmark (d. 1202) * Ottokar IV of Styria (d. 1192) * Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura rege ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value, modern style uses only these seven: The use of Roman numerals continued long after the decline of the Roman Empire. From the 14th century on, Roman numerals began to be replaced by Arabic numerals; however, this process was gradual, and the use of Roman numerals persists in some applications to this day. One place they are often seen is on clock faces. For instance, on the clock of Big Ben (designed in 1852), the hours from 1 to 12 are written as: The notations and can be read as "one less than five" (4) and "one less than ten" (9), although there is a tradition favouring representation of "4" as "" on Roman numeral clocks. Other common uses include year numbers on monuments and buildings and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
