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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ Al-Adil I, the Muslim ruler of Egypt suppressed a revolt by the Christian Copts in the city of Qift, hanging nearly 3000 of them on the trees around the city.

★ January — Assize of Northampton.

★ May 22 — Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo.

★ Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo.

★ May 29 — Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the ''pactum Anagninum'' (the Agreement of Anagni).

★ September 17 — Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel I Comnenus at the Battle of Myriokephalon.

★ Cathedral of Sens installs first "horologe".

★ Construction begins on the London Bridge.

★ Aberdeen becomes a royal burgh.

★ Carthusian Order approved.

★ The first recorded Welsh Eisteddfod is held by Rhys ap Gruffydd at Cardigan.

Births

★ Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford (d. 1220)

★ Leopold VI of Austria (d. 1230)

★ William de Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (approximate date; d. 1226)

★ Saint Sava, Serbian prince and archbishop (d. 1235)

Deaths

★ April 20 — Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)

★ May 13 — Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)

★ August 23 — Emperor Rokujo- of Japan (b. 1164)

★ October 25 — William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. c. 1109)

★ Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (b. 1150)

★ Saint Galdino, Italian archdeacon