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Events

★ Conrad III establishes the Hohenstaufen dynasty when he is crowned antiking to the Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair II.

★ First coalition of the Norman princes against Roger II of Sicily.

★ The minaret of Kalyan is completed in Bukhara in present day Uzbekistan.

★ Jurchen forces sack Song Chinese capital of Kaifeng (the tragedy of Jingkang 靖康之禍), and begin more than a century of political division between north and south in China.

★ Estimation: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Kaifeng, capital of China.

★ Assassination of Count Charles the Good of Flanders.

Births

★ October 18 — Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)

★ November 27 — Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)

★ Constance of Antioch (d. 1163)

★ Yang Wanli, Chinese poet (d. 1206)

Deaths

★ Fulcher of Chartres, French chronicler