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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ June 18 — Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed

★ The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of "Mu-Lan-Pi" (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors

★ The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury written

★ The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to lean as the third level is completed

★ The Cham sack the Khmer capital near Angkor Wat

Births

★ December 22 — Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)

★ Armand de Périgord, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (d. c. 1247)

★ Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian and politician (d. 1241)

★ Thomas I of Savoy (d. 1233)

★ Wuzhun Shifan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1249)

Deaths

★ Evermode of Ratzeburg, bishop of Ratzeburg