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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ May 9 — The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari, Italy.

★ May 9 — Pope Victor III formally accepts elevation as the 158th pope.

★ September 9 — William II becomes king of England

★ End of the formal reign of Emperor Shirakawa, but not of his cloistered rule

★ Emperor Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan

★ The Mahdia campaign

★ A fire in London destroys St Paul's Cathedral.

Births

★ September 13 — John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143)

Deaths

★ September 9 — King William I of England

★ September 16 — Pope Victor III