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Events

Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
September 26 — Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II as the 165th pope.
October 5 — Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom, although it has functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede.
Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.
The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.
Baldwin III is crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.
The Romans declare their independence of the Pope.
Roman senate was revived to operate.

Births

July 31 — Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)

Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241)

King William I of Scotland (d. 1214)

Deaths

April 8 — John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)

September 24 — Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)

September 24 — Pope Innocent II

November 13 — King Fulk of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (b. c. 1089/1092)

Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1084)

William of Malmesbury, English historian (b. 1080)

Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (b. 1070)

December 12 — Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)

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