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Events

Births

Deaths

Heads of states

Events

★ Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales.

★ Silesian duchies accept suzerainty of Holy Roman Empire.

★ Law of Succession is introduced in Norway.

★ Council of Tours is held, names and condemns Albigensians.

★ Abbey of Lokkum in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house by Cornwall.

★ Egyptian empire re-resurrected for 10 days.

★ Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong, nowadays To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts, first officially operated by Song Dynasty.

★ The first stone of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is set by Pope Alexander III.

Births

★ Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (d. 1204)

★ Berengaria of Navarre, Queen consort of Richard I of England (approximate date; d. 1230)

★ Canute VI of Denmark (d. 1202)

★ Henry I of Poland (d. 1238)

★ Ottokar IV of Styria (d. 1192)

★ Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura regent (d. 1224)

★ As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (d. 1181)

Deaths

★ Constance of Antioch, ruler of Antioch (b. 1127)

★ Abd al-Mumin, founder of the Almohad empire (b. 1094)

★ Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1089)

Heads of states

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

★ France — Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137–1180).

★ Ireland — Muirchertach III, High King of Ireland (reigned 1156–1166)