The world in 1173 AD — what happened that year

7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

The Huining Prefecture was again made Shangjing. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷007 世宗大定十三年7月)
Kim Bo-dang, Byeongmasa of the Northeast Route, raises troops from the Gyeron region and attacks Jeong Jung-bu and Yi Ui-bang, seeking to restore the former king. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷19 明宗三年)
In the first month, bandits of Luoyang county in Jin gathered a crowd, attacked Lushi county, killed the magistrate Li Yingzai, and fled to the Song border. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권143 正月 단락143.17.0)

1173: the people of Gyeongju kill Sun-seok, In-jun and their faction and admit Yi Ui-min and others into the city. They confine Uijong in the guesthouse and, on the first day of the tenth month (Gyeongsin), take him out to the pond north of Gonwonsa and offer him wine (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권12 明宗光孝大王三年)

Milo of Armenia joins Nur ad-Din and harasses the lands of Antioch; the king hurries to them. (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 20 cap. XXVI (RHC 판 1-2 줄 20751))
Saladin besieges Montreal (Ash Shawbak) beyond the Jordan but withdraws without gain. (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 20 cap. XXVII (RHC 판 1-2 줄 20896))

Yuri campaigns against Kyiv with the Novgorod and Rostov forces and stays seven weeks below Vyshhorod. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1173년)