[edit] Events

• January 12–March 16 - Caliph Al-Muqtafi Successfully defended Baghdad against the coalition forces of Sultan Muhammad of Hamadan,and Atabeg Qutb-adin of Mosul
• Albert I of Brandenburg begins his ruthless program to pacify the Slavic region.
• June 11 - Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.
• August 21 - Sancho III and Ferdinand II, the sons of King Alfonso VII of Castile, divide his kingdom between them upon his death.
• October 23 — Battle of Grathe Heath: A civil war in Denmark ends with the death of King Sweyn III. Valdemar I of Denmark becomes king of all Denmark and restores and rebuilds the country.
• Henry II of England grants a charter to the merchants of Lincoln (approximate date).

[edit] Births

• September 8 — King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
• Leopold V of Austria (d. 1194)
• Hōjō Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (d. 1225)

[edit] Deaths

• May 15 — Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince (b. c. 1099)
• August 21 — King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1105)
• Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1111)
• King Eystein II of Norway (b. c. 1125)
• King Sweyn III of Denmark (b. c. 1125)