Murder of Thomas Becket
1170 · Event
Four knights kill Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral after Henry II's rash words; canonised in 1173.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England, Christianity, Major Religions
Around 1170
- Magna Carta (1215)
- Mongol Conquests (1206)
- Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan (1206)
- Kamakura shogunate established (1192)
- Genghis Khan (1162)
- Delhi Sultanate (1206)
- Norman invasion of Ireland (1169)
- Saladin retakes Jerusalem (1187)
- Sack of Constantinople by Fourth Crusade (1204)
- Reign of Henry II (1154)