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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as king of Jerusalem.

★ Theobald III becomes Count of Champagne.

★ Arbroath Abbey is consecrated, and dedicated to St. Thomas Becket.

★ Kaloyan becomes tsar of Bulgaria.

★ Corfu is occupied by the Genoese.

★ Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, negotiates a peace with Wales.

★ North Crawley is split into Great Crawley and Little Crawley.

★ Philip of Swabia marries Irene Angelina, daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II.

★ Danes made an attack against Estonia.

Births

★ October 22 — Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)

★ Amadeus IV of Savoy (d. 1253)

★ Raymond VII of Toulouse (d. 1249)

Deaths

★ January — William Longchamp, Lord Chancellor of England and bishop

★ April 28 — Rhys ap Gruffydd, Welsh ruler (b. 1132)

★ September 10 — Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)

★ September 28 — Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)

★ Marguerite of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1158)