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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Albert I of Brandenburg begins his ruthless program to pacify the Slavic region.

★ June 11 - Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.

★ October 23 — Battle of Grathe Heath. A civil war in Denmark ends with the the death of king Sweyn III. Valdemar I becomes king of all Denmark and restored and rebuild the country.

★ Henry II of England grants a charter to the merchants of Lincoln (approximate date).

Births

★ September 8 — King Richard I of England (d. 1199)

★ Leopold V of Austria (d. 1194)

★ Hōjō Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (d. 1225)

Deaths

★ May 15 — Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince (b. c. 1099)

★ August 21 — King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1105)

★ Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1111)

★ Eystein II of Norway, king of Norway, (b. c. 1125)

★ Sweyn III of Denmark, king of Denmark (b. c. 1125)