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Events

★ Clairvaux Abbey is founded by St. Bernard.

★ Anselm of Laon becomes archdeacon of Laon.

★ Hugh of St. Victor joins the Victorines in Paris.

★ Pierre Abélard becomes canon of Notre Dame de Paris.

★ Stephen of England becomes count of Mortain.

★ The title of Duke of Atholl is created (approximate date).

★ Lothair I of Supplinburg defeats Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, in the Battle of Welfesholz.

★ Arnulf of Chocques is accused of sexual relations with a Muslim woman and is briefly removed from his position as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.

★ The Jurchen establish the Jin Dynasty of China.

★ The Crusader castle of Montreal is built by Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

Births

★ Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare (d. 1153)

Deaths

★ July 24 — Matilda, Countess of Tuscany (b. 1046)

★ Adela of Flanders, queen of Denmark, regent of Apulia

★ Thierry II, Duke of Lorraine

★ King Olaf Magnusson of Norway (b. 1099)