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Events
- Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
- Celestine II is elected Pope.
- October 5 - Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom although it had acted like one since the battle of June 24 of 1128 (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 crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.
Births
- July 31 - Emperor Nijō of Japan (died 1165)
- Pope Gregory IX (died 1241)
- King William I of Scotland (died 1214)
Deaths
- April 8 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (born 1087)
- September 24 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1072)
- September 24 - Pope Innocent II
- November 13 - King Fulk of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou
- Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (born 1084)
- William of Malmesbury, English historian (born 1080)
- Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (born 1070)
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