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Contents

Events

Europe

Asia

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 24 — Pope Gelasius II succeeds Pope Paschal II as the 161st pope.

★ March 10 — Gregory VIII is elected antipope.

★ June 11 - Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.

★ June 29 — Vikram Chola becomes regent of the Chola kingdom.

★ December 18 - Alfonso the Battler expels the Moors from Zaragoza.

Europe

★ Þorlákur Runólfsson becomes Bishop of Skálholt.

★ Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes King of Dublin.

★ Cu Faifne mac Congalaig becomes King of Ui Failghe.

★ Maelsechlainn Ua Faelain becomes King of the Déisi Muman.

★ The cantrefs of Rhos and Rhufoniog are annexed by Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd.

★ The Archbishop of York is no longer required to be crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

★ Reconstruction begins on Peterborough Cathedral, destroyed by fire in 1116.

★ Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona captures Tarragona from the Moors.

★ A rebellion against Henry I of England breaks out in Normandy.

★ Alberich of Rheims becomes Master at the school of Rheims.

★ Charles I, Count of Flanders marries Margaret of Clermont.

★ Amaury IV of Montfort divorces his wife Richilde, daughter of Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.

★ Wulgrin III becomes Count of Angoulême.

★ Gervais becomes Count of Rethel.

★ The castle of Montlhéry is dismantled by Louis VI of France.

★ The cathedral of Ferentino is completed.

★ Restoration of Santa Maria in Cosmedin begins.

★ Magdeburg is almost destroyed by fire.

★ Reichenbach Abbey is founded.

★ Zwickau, Eisenstadt, Kirchgandern, and Wolfenbüttel are first mentioned.

★ Otto of Bamberg is suspended by the Pope, and Norbert of Xanten defends himself against charges of heresy at the Synod of Fritzlar.

★ Đorđe, Vojislavljevic´ ruler of Serbia, is overthrown by Uroš I of Raška.

★ George of Duklja is overthrown by his cousin Grubeša.

★ Radostl becomes Bishop of Krakow.

★ Zbraslav, now part of Prague, is founded.

★ Sylvestr becomes bishop of Pereyaslavl Yuzhniy.

★ The Knights Templar are founded, with Hughes de Payens serving as the first Grand Master.

Asia

★ John II Comnenus succeeds Alexius I as Byzantine emperor.

★ The Byzantine general Philocales captures Sardis from the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.

★ Baldwin I of Jerusalem invades Egypt.

★ Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I as king of Jerusalem.

★ Roman of Le Puy becomes lord of Oultrejordain.

★ Joscelin I succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg as Count of Edessa.

★ Garmond of Picquigny becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.

★ Suleyman I ibn al-Ghazi becomes emir of Aleppo.

★ David IV of Georgia captures Lorri from the Seljuk Turks.

★ David IV of Georgia settles a number of Kipchaks in Georgia.

★ Ahmed Sanjar and Mahmud II proclaim themselves rival Seljuk sultans upon the death of Mehmed I of Great Seljuk.

★ Al-Mustarshid becomes Abbasid caliph.

★ Bahram Shah becomes Ghaznavid emperor.

★ The Hoysala Empire defeats the Chalukya at the Battle of Kennagal.

★ The Zenghe era of Emperor Huizong of Song China ends, and the Chonghe era begins.

★ The Yongning era of Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia ends.

★ Start of the Genei era in Japan.

Births

★ November 28 — Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)

★ December 21 — Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)

★ Gualdim Pais, Portuguese Grand-Master of the Templars (d. 1195)

★ Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy

★ Gertrude, daughter of Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor and wife of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria

★ Christina, daughter of Canute Lavard, wife of Magnus IV of Norway

★ Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1185)

★ Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (d. 1174)

★ Ahmed ar-Rifa'i, founder of the Rifa'i Sufi order

★ Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (d. 1181)

★ Saigyo, Japanese poet

Deaths

★ January 21 — Pope Paschal II

★ April 2 — King Baldwin I of Jerusalem

★ April 16 — Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem

★ May 1 — Edith of Scotland, queen of Henry I of England

★ June 5 — Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester

★ July 7 — Florence of Worcester, long thought to be the author of the chronicle of John of Worcester

★ August 15 — Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048)

★ Gissur Ísleifsson, Bishop of Skálholt

★ Muircheartach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland

★ Domnall mac Muirchertaig ua Briain, King of Dublin

★ Rogan mac Domnaill meic Conchobair, King of Ui Failghe

★ William, Count of Évreux

★ William III, Count of Angoulême

★ Lithuise of Blois

★ Milo II, lord of Montlhéry

★ Hugh I, Count of Rethel

★ Gerberge I, Countess of Provence

★ Philip Halsten, King of Sweden

★ Maur, Bishop of Krakow

★ Basil the Physician, Bogomil leader

★ Arnulf of Chocques, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

★ Mehmed I of Great Seljuk, Seljuk sultan

★ Al-Mustazhir, Abbasid caliph

★ Arslan Shah, Ghaznavid emperor