[edit] Events

• Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales.
• Silesian duchies accept the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire.
• The Law of Succession is introduced in Norway.
• Council of Tours: Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics.
• Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house by Cornwall.
• The Egyptian empire is resurrected for 10 days.
• The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong, nowadays To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts, are first officially operated by the Song Dynasty.
• The first stone of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is set by Pope Alexander III.
• The Almohads finish driving the Normans out of North Africa.

[edit] Births

• Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (d. 1204)
• Berengaria of Navarre, Queen consort of Richard I of England (approximate date; d. 1230)
• Canute VI of Denmark (d. 1202)
• Henry I of Poland (d. 1238)
• Ottokar IV of Styria (d. 1192)
• Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura regent (d. 1224)
• As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (d. 1181)

[edit] Deaths

• Constance of Antioch, ruler of Antioch (b. 1127)
• Abd al-Mumin, founder of the Almohad empire (b. 1094)
• Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1089)

[edit] Heads of states

• England — Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154–1189).
• France — Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137–1180).
• Ireland — Muirchertach III, High King of Ireland (reigned 1156–1166)