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EVENTS

Robert Warelwast becomes Bishop Of Exeter .

March 13 - Cardinal Gregory is elected Anti-pope as Victor IV , succeeding Anacletus II .

August 9 - Deadly earthquake in Aleppo, Syria killing about 230,000 people.

August 22 - Battle Of The Standard between David I Of Scotland and the English . The Scots were defeated.

Bavaria was taken away from the Welfen Duke Henry The Proud and given to the Austrian Margrave Leopold IV .

BIRTHS

Conan IV , Duke Of Brittany (died 1171 )

Casimir II Of Poland (died 1194 )

Taira No Shigemori , Japanese rebel (died 1179 )

Saladin , ruler of Egypt and Syria (died 1193 )

DEATHS

January 13 - Simon I, Duke Of Lorraine (born 1076 )

February 18 - Yaropolk II Of Kiev , Prince of Pereyaslavl (born 1082 )

Antipope Anacletus II

William De Warenne, 2nd Earl Of Surrey