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Events

★ March 4 — Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.

★ May 18 — Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou.

★ Church of Ireland acknowledges Pope's authority.

★ Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria.

★ Establishment of the archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway.

★ Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled.

★ Founding of Gorodets, a town in mordern Russia, by Prince Yuri Dolgoruki.

Births

★ Alfonso II of Aragon (d. 1196)

★ Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, bastard son of Henry II of England (approximate date; d. 1212)

★ Taira no Tomomori, Japanese soldier (d. 1185)

★ Han Tuozhou, Song Dynasty Chinese statesman (d. 1207)

Deaths

★ May 3 — Matilda of Boulogne, sovereign Countess of Boulogne and queen of Stephen of England (b. 1105)

★ Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1114)

★ Raymond II of Tripoli (b. c. 1115)