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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ October 21 — Siege of Lisbon: King Afonso I of Portugal and the Crusaders capture Lisbon from the Moors.

★ First written mention of Moscow.

★ Abd al-Mumin destroys the Almoravid Empire.

★ Dore Abbey founded.

★ Wendish Crusade.

★ Second Crusade starts.

★ Hildegard of Bingen founds the convent of Rupertsberg near Bingen.

Births

★ May 9 — Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)

★ Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (d. 1181)

★ Taira no Munemori, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)

Deaths

★ January 14 — Robert de Craon, second Grand Master of the Knights Templar

★ September 19 — Igor II of Kiev

★ October 31 — Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c. 1090)

★ Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, (b. 1090)