Events

• November 25 - Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
• During the third year of the Angen era in Japan, a fire devastates Kyoto.

• Benedictus Abbas becomes abbot of Peterborough.
• Byland Abbey is founded in Yorkshire by the Cistercians.
• Casimir II becomes duke of Poland.
• The Cham destroy Angkor Wat.
• Roger de Moulins becomes Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller.
• Moscow is burned down and its inhabitants are killed.
• Puigcerdà is founded by Alfonso II of Aragon.
• Leopold V becomes Duke of Austria.
• September 27 - Pope Alexander III sends a letter to Prester John, believing he is real.
• Treaty of Venice - Frederick I Barbarossa acknowledges Alexander III as Pope

Births

• Baldwin V, king of Jerusalem (died 1186)
• Robert de Ros, English baron (died 1226)
• Philip of Swabia, rival of Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Deaths

• January 13 - Henry II of Austria (born 1107)
• William of Montferrat, father of Baldwin V of Jerusalem
• Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (born 1095)

Heads of State

• England - Henry II (reigned from 1154 to 1189)
• France - Louis VII (reigned from 1137 to 1180)
• Byzantine Empire - Manuel I Comnenus (reigned from 1143 to 1180)
• Pope - Alexander III (pope from 1159 to 1181)
• Song China - Song Xiaozong (宋孝宗) (reigned from 1162 to 1189)

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