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| 1159 |
| | | Henry the Lion builds a new town at Lübeck, well placed to develop as the centre of the Hanseatic League | |
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| c. 1160 |
| | | Chrétien de Troyes and other French authors turn the stories of Arthur and his knights into a romance of courtly love | |
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| 1162 |
| | | Thomas Becket, Lord Chancellor to Henry II, is forced by the king to accept the vacant post of archbishop of Canterbury | |
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| 1164 |
| | | Thomas Becket, having offended the king by his firm stand as archbishop of Canterbury, flees to a monastery near Paris | |
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| 1169 |
| | | Normans land in Ireland, seize Wexford, and in the following year capture Waterford and Dublin | |
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| c. 1170 |
| | | The English exchequer grows in importance under Henry II, taking its name from the table on which financial calculations are made | |
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| c. 1170 |
| | | The first known mystery play, the Mystery of Adam, takes place outside a church somewhere in France | |
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| 1170 |
| | | Henry II arranges for the archbishop of York to crown his son, the 'Young King', as a joint ruler | |
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| 1170 |
| | | Thomas Becket, in France, suspends the English bishops who have participated in the coronation of the 'Young King' | |
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| 1170 |
| | | After an apparent reconciliation with Henry II, Thomas Becket leaves France and returns to Canterbury | |
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