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12th Century |
| Liverpool, England, future birthplace of Beatles, founded. | 1199 | |
| England establishes first merchant guild. | 1193 | |
| Rabbi Maimonides publishes Guide of the Perplexed. | 1190 | |
| 1189 | Jews massacred at the coronation of Richard I. | |
| 1182 | Jews banished from France. | |
| First glass windows appear in England. | 1180 | |
| Welsh Eisteddfod festival of music, poetry, and begins. | 1176 | |
| Chrétien de Troyes introduces the Arthurian hero Lancelot du Lac in Le Chevalier à la Charette. | 1170 | |
| Oxford University founded. | 1167 | |
| 1157 | Eric IX of Sweeden forces baptism on conquered Finns. | |
| 1155 | Pope Adrian IV gives Ireland to Henry II of England. | |
| Mohammed al-Idrisi published Geography. | 1154 | |
| John of Salisbury publishes his political science treatise, Policratus. | 1152 | |
| Iceland offers fire and plague insurance. | 1151 | |
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travellers begin using the magnetic compass. University of Paris begins. |
1150 | |
| Women of Weinsberg save men from slaughter by carrying them from the fortress on their backs. | 1140 | The Sefer ha-Kusari of Spanish rabbi Judah ben Samuel ha-Levi argues that all revealed religious thought is superior to the rational and philosophical. |
| The abbé Suger develops the rose window. | 1136 | |
| Cistercian monks introduce extensive agricultural improvements in England. | 1128 | |
| 1123 | Japan's ex-emperor Shirikawa imposes Buddhist prohibition against killing any living thing. | |
| 1121 | Piere Abelard castrated for his teachings. | |
| Welcher of Malvern develops measurement of latitude and longitude. | 1120 | |
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