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Egypt. By topic. Art and Science. Births. Deaths. References. 1169. Lady Rosamund Clifford ( the Fair) Year 1169 ( MCLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. By place. Byzantine Empire.
- Terremoto de Sicilia de 1169
El terremoto de Sicilia de 1169 ocurrió el 4 de febrero de...
- History of Ireland (795–1169)
The history of Ireland 795–1169 covers the period in the...
- Sack of Kiev
The sack of Kiev took place on 8–12 March 1169 when a...
- Terremoto de Sicilia de 1169
1169 ( MCLXIX) fue un año común comenzado en miércoles del calendario juliano . Acontecimientos. 4 de febrero: Un fuerte terremoto de 7,3 sacude Sicilia provocando un tsunami que deja 25.000 muertos. Enrique II de Inglaterra inicia la conquista de Irlanda.
- Tectonic Setting
- Earthquake
- Tsunami
- Eruption of Etna
- Damage
- Aftermath
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Sicily lies on part of the complex convergent boundary where the African Plate is subducting beneath the Eurasian Plate. This subduction zone is responsible for the formation of the stratovolcano Mount Etna. Most of the damaging earthquakes occur on the Siculo-Calabrian rift zone, a zone of extensional faulting which runs for about 370 kilometres (...
The location of the earthquake's epicentre is quite uncertain, with different seismologists giving locations offshore and onshore; there is similar uncertainty regarding the 1693 Sicily earthquake. The damaged area is similar to that for the 1693 earthquake, suggesting that both the location and magnitude were similar. Intensities of X (Extreme) ha...
The tsunami affected most of the Ionian coast of Sicily and caused inundation from Messina in the north to the mouth of the SimetoRiver in the south. Tsunami deposits correlated with this earthquake have been found both onshore and offshore.The tsunami is also thought to be responsible for moving several large boulders from the middle of the sublit...
Some accounts of this earthquake refer to a major eruption from Etna at the time of the earthquake, blaming most of the deaths in Catania and the tsunami on the eruption. However, most later workers believe the tsunami was triggered by the earthquake and that the only effect on Etna was the collapse of part of the cone above Taormina, with no signi...
Catania was almost completely destroyed. Catania Cathedral collapsed, killing the Bishop John of Ajello, 44 of the Benedictine monks, and many others who were crowded into the building for the feast of St. Agatha. Lentini, Modica, Aci Castello, Sortinoand Syracuse were also severely damaged. In a contemporary account, Hugo Falcandus described the e...
In the chaos that followed the earthquake, there was concern that exiles like Tancred of Lecce and Robert of Loritellowould take part in a Byzantine invasion of the island. However, these disaffected exiles were soon allowed to return and there was no invasion, nor the rebellion that it might have triggered. Peter of Blois saw the earthquake as God...
Events. 1 May – Norman invasion of Ireland [1] starts with the arrival at Bannow Bay in Leinster of Norman military leaders Robert Fitz-Stephen, Maurice FitzGerald and others [2] including Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare ("Strongbow") who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief ...
