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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 20 — According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.

★ Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy fortifies Moscow, regarded as the date of the founding of the city.

★ Establishment of the Carmelite Order.

★ Hōgen Rebellion in Japan.

★ The Privilegium Minus elevates Austria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family.

★ Mosan artists create the Stavelot Triptych, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, as a reliquary to house purported pieces of the True Cross.

Births

★ October 27 — Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)

★ Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (d. 1189)

★ Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (d. 1193)

Deaths

★ January 17 — André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar

★ January 20 — Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland

★ July 20 — Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)

★ December 25 — Peter the Venerable, Benedictine abbot of Cluny

★ December 25 — Sverker I of Sweden, king of Sweden

★ Hoel III, Duke of Brittany

★ Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland (b. 1088)

★ Demetre I, King of Georgia

★ Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln

★ William, Count of Poitiers (b. 1153)

★ Mas'ud of Rüm, Seljuk sultan of Rûm

★ Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Japanese general (b. 1096)