Timeline Friday 12 July 1174

Events on Friday 12 July 1174 1

• 1174 Henry II Does Penance at Canterbury The English king atones publicly for the murder of Thomas Becket On 12 July 1174, Henry II walked barefoot through Canterbury and submitted to flogging by the cathedral's monks at the tomb of Thomas Becket, four years after the archbishop's murder. News of William of Scotland's capture at Alnwick reached Henry at Canterbury the following day, which contemporaries took as a sign of divine favor.