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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter.

★ Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh dies; succeeded by his son Cathal.

★ The Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi on the Yangtze River between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty and the Chinese Song Dynasty; pivotal Chinese naval victory.

Births

★ September 23 — Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)

★ Constance, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1201)

★ Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (d. 1185)

★ Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1223)

★ Pope Innocent III, (d. 1216)

Deaths

★ April 18 — Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ June 14 — former Emperor Qinzong of Southern Song Dynasty China (b. 1084)

★ September 11 — Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)

★ November 23 — Adam, Abbot of Ebrach

★ December 15 — Prince Hǎilíng, Emperor of Jin Dynasty China (b. 1122)