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1174| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1163–1220 | France [churches and temples] | The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France is constructed. | | 1174 | England [churches and temples] | The choir of Canterbury Cathedral, England, is destroyed by fire. Its reconstruction by the French mason William of Sens marks the beginnings of English Gothic style. | | 15 May 1174 | Zangid Emirate, Ayyubid Sultanate, Egypt [administration] | Nur-ad-Din, the Zengid ruler of Syria, dies. His empire disintegrates as his heir, Ismail, is young; Saladin, Nur-ad-Din's vizier in Egypt, declares his independence, founding the Ayyubid dynasty. | | 12 July 1174 | England [Catholicism] | King Henry II of England does penance at Canterbury for Archbishop Thomas à Becket's murder in 1170. | | 13 July 1174 | Scotland, England [wars] | King William I the Lion of Scotland is captured while invading Northumberland; King Henry II of England has now suppressed his sons' rebellion in England. |
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