Timeline January 1160

Events in January 1160 3

• 1123 – 1160 Minamoto no Yoshitomo (1123-1160) Died January 1160, aged 36 Yoshitomo was the head of the Minamoto clan and a leading general in the Heiji Rebellion against Taira no Kiyomori. Defeated and betrayed while fleeing the capital, he was killed by a former retainer in Owari Province. His death left Kiyomori dominant in Kyoto, but his exiled son Yoritomo would later avenge him.
• 1160 Heiji Rebellion ends in Taira victory Minamoto no Yoshitomo is killed; his son Yoritomo is exiled to Izu The Heiji Rebellion, a struggle for control of the retired emperor's court in Kyoto, ended with Taira no Kiyomori's forces crushing the Minamoto clan. Minamoto no Yoshitomo was betrayed and killed while fleeing, but his young son Minamoto no Yoritomo was spared execution and exiled to Izu Province. That mercy proved decisive two decades later, when Yoritomo led the Minamoto to victory in the Genpei War and founded the Kamakura shogunate.
• 1160 Almohads capture Mahdia End of Norman rule on the Ifriqiyan coast After a long siege, Almohad forces under Caliph Abd al-Mu'min took the city of Mahdia from its Norman-backed garrison. The conquest completed the Almohad takeover of the former Norman "Kingdom of Africa" along the Tunisian coast. It marked the definitive end of Christian Norman influence in Ifriqiya.