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Events

★ Assizes of Ariano.

★ Henry Jasomirgott is made count palatine of the Rhine.

★ The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by David I of Scotland.

★ Camaldolite monk Gratian founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the ''Decretum''.

★ Marburg becomes a town.

★ Roger II of Sicily takes the practice of medicine under royal control.

Births

★ May 28 — Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (died 1207)

★ Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (died 1160)

Deaths

★ February 6 — Thurstan, Archbishop of York.

★ February 14 — Leo I of Armenia.

★ Orderic Vitalis, monk and historian.