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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Welcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude.

★ Construction begins on Llandaff Cathedral in Wales.

★ January 16 — Council of Nablus in the Kingdom of Jerusalem

★ November 25 — Wreck of the White Ship in the English Channel

Births

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

★ Ioveta of Bethany, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem

★ Louis VII of France (d. 1180)

Deaths

★ November 25 — William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)

★ Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (b. 1094)