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Events

Births

Deaths

Heads of states

Events

★ Abbeville receives its commercial charter.

★ The Battle of Fimreite takes place.

★ Archbishop Absalon of Lund wins a naval victory over Bogislav, duke of Pomerania.

★ Streets of Paris paved by order of Philip Augustus.

★ Second Battle of Uji

★ Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur — third Almohad Caliph

★ Papal bull ''ad aboldendam'' issued against several European heretical groups: the Cathars, the Waldensians, the Patarines and the Humiliati. It was created after a landmark meeting between the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick Barbarossa and the Roman Church under Pope Lucius III.

Births

★ April 11 — William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (d. 1213)

★ Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (approximate date; d. 1241)

★ Saadi, Iranian poet (d. 1291)

Deaths

★ February 16 — Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ March 27 — Giorgi III, king of Georgia

★ June 15 — Magnus Erlingsson, king of Norway (b. 1156)

★ July 29 — Yusuf I, Almohad Caliph

Heads of states

★ England — Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154–1189).

★ France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180–1223).