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1178

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