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Events

May 1 — Battle of Cresson: Saladin defeats the crusaders.
July 4 — Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
September 20 — October 2 — Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem.
October 21 — Pope Gregory VIII succeeds Pope Urban III as the 173rd pope.
October 29 — Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Crusade.
December 19 — Pope Clement III succeeds Pope Gregory VIII as the 174th pope.
Alexius Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
The Cathedral of St. Jacob is consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania.
Estonians, Curonians and Karelians destroy Sigtuna and kill the archbishop.
Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm.
The Toltecs are deposed at Chichen Itza.
Zen Buddhism comes to Japan.
King Jayavarman VII of Ankor Vat defeats the Cham conquerors.
Ghorin Muhammed conquers Punjab.
Genoa takes Bonifacio (in Corsica) from Pisa.
Glanvill, an official of King Henry II, describes how villeins can be free (approximate date).

Births

September 5 — King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)

Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)

Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1239)

Deaths

July 4 — Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed) (b. c. 1125)

October 19 — Pope Urban III

November 9 — Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)

December 17 — Pope Gregory VIII (b. c. 1100)

Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator of scientific works (b. c. 1114)

Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

Count Raymond III of Tripoli (b. 1140)Further Information

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