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EVENTS

April 13 — Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter .

November 18 — Philip II becomes King of France .

During the third year of the Jisho era of Japan , a devastating Whirlwind damages Kyoto .

Emperor Antoku succeeds Emperor Takakura as Emperor Of Japan .

Afonso I Of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II Of Leon .

Artois is annexed by France .

Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between Taira and Minamoto clans.

Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry The Lion from the Duchy Of Saxony , and created the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria .

Alexius II Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor .

The Wittelsbach family takes control of Bavaria .

Kilij Arslan II allies with Saladin after the death of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus .

Alexander Neckam becomes a Lecturer in Paris , and writes '' De Natura Rerum '', an early mention of Chess (approximate date).

Estimation: Hangzhou , capital of Southern Song China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fes in the Almohad Empire . {Link without Title}

Last major Volcanic Eruption of Sunset Crater , in Arizona .

BIRTHS

August 6 — Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239 )

Berenguela Of Castile , queen of Alfonso IX Of Castile (d. 1246 )

Gilbert De Clare, 5th Earl Of Hertford , English soldier (d. 1230 )

King Eric X Of Sweden (d. 1216 )

DEATHS

September 18 — King Louis VII Of France (b. 1120 )

September 24 — Manuel I Comnenus , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118 )

October 25 — John Of Salisbury , French bishop (b. c. 1120 )

Al-Mustadi , Caliph (b. 1142 )

William De Braose, 3rd Lord Of Bramber

Abraham Ibn Daud , philosopher (martyred) (b. c. 1120 )

Roman I Of Kiev

Yaroslav II Of Kiev

Prince Mochihito , son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan

Minamoto No Yorimasa , Japanese samurai (b. 1106 )

Zhu Shuzhen , Chinese female poet