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Events

★ Estimation: Merv in the Seljuk Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.[1]

★ February 15 — Pietro Bernardo Paganelli of Montemagno, Calci is elected as Pope Eugene III, and succeeds Pope Lucius II as the 167th pope.

★ Pope Eugene III issues ''Quantum praedecessores'', calling for the Second Crusade

★ Construction begins on Notre-Dame d'Chartres in Chartres, France

★ Kim Pusik and his team of historians finishes compilation of the Korean historical text ''Samguk Sagi''.

★ Woburn Abbey founded

★ Arnold of Brescia joins the revolutionary Commune of Rome, where he becomes its intellectual leader for the next decade

Births

★ Maria of Antioch, Byzantine Empress (d. 1182)

★ Marie de Champagne, Countess of Champagne (d. 1198)

★ Theodora Comnena, Queen of Jerusalem (approximate year)

★ Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241) (approximate year)

★ Al-Adil I, Ayyubid-Egyptian general and ruler (d. 1218)

★ Amalric II of Jerusalem (d. 1205)

Deaths

★ February 15 — Pope Lucius II

★ Zhang Zeduan, Chinese painter (born 1085)