Events
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Henry II wishes aloud that
Thomas Becket be destroyed.
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December 29 — Assassination of
Thomas Becket,
Archbishop of Canterbury, in
Canterbury cathedral.
★ City of
Dublin captured by the
Normans.
★ According to
folklore, the
Welsh prince
Madoc sailed to
North America and founded a colony.
★ Estimation:
Fes in the
Almohad Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
Constantinople, capital of the
Byzantine Empire.
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Danes made an attack against
Estonia.
Births
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Valdemar II of Denmark (d.
1241)
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Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d.
1221)
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Eustace the Monk, French pirate (d.
1217)
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Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of
Philip II of France (d.
1190)
Deaths
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January 22 —
Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the
Quanzhen School (born
1113)
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November 18 —
Albert I of Brandenburg (b. c.
1100)
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November 28 —
Owain Gwynedd,
King of Gwynedd (b. c.
1100)
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December 29 —
Thomas Becket,
Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. c.
1118)
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Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
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Ruben II of Armenia (b.
1160)
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Mstislav II of Kiev
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Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet and writer (b.
1090)
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Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany