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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.

★ Emperor Toba ascends the throne of Japan.

★ Chinese money printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.

★ Alexander I inherits the Scottish crown with the death of Edgar of Scotland.

Births

★ June 12 — Emperor Gaozong of Song of China (d. 1187)

★ Henry II of Austria (d. 1177)

Deaths

★ January 8 — King Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)

★ August 9 — Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)

★ Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester

★ Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm

★ Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk

★ Cheng Yi, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (b. 1033)

★ Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (born 1051)