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Events

• January 16—The Council of Nablus is held in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

Jurchen translation of the Chinese couplet, Ming wang shen de, si yi xian bin ("明王慎德.四夷咸宾": "When a wise king is heedful of virtue, foreigners from all quarters come as guests")

• August–September (the eighth month of the Chinese calendar)—Wanyan Xiyin completes the design of the first version of the Jurchen script
• November 25—The White Ship is wrecked in the English Channel, resulting in the death of the son of King Henry I of England.
• Walcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude.
• Construction begins on Llandaff Cathedral in Wales.
• The Song Dynasty governor of the bustling seaport of Quanzhou, Fujian, China, reports that the population of his city has reached 500,000 residents.
• The Jin capture Kaifeng, capital of the Song Dynasty.
• Fondation of Freiburg in Breisgau.

Births

• November 28—Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
• Ioveta of Bethany, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem
• Louis VII of France (d. 1180)

Deaths

• November 25—William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)
• Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (b. 1094)

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