Events

• December 29: Assassination of Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury cathedral
• City of Dublin captured by the Normans
• According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailed to North America and founded a colony.
• Estimation: Fes in the Almohad Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire.^*

Births

• Valdemar II of Denmark (died 1241)
• Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (died 1221)
• Eustace the Monk, French pirate (died 1217)
• Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of Philip II of France (died 1190)

Deaths

• November 28 - Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
• December 29 - Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated)
• Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
• Ruben II of Armenia (born 1160)
• Albert I of Brandenburg
• Mstislav II of Kiev
• Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet and writer (born 1090)
• Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany

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