[edit] Events

• Henry II of England wishes aloud that Thomas Becket be destroyed.
• December 29 — Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated in Canterbury Cathedral.
• The city of Dublin is captured by the Normans.
• According to folklore, the Welsh prince Madoc sailes to North America and founds 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.[1]
• The Danes attack Estonia.
• The palace guards massacre the civil officials at the Korean court and place a new king on the throne. The coup leaders scrap the privileges that have kept the aristocrats in power and appoint themselves to top posts.

[edit] Births

• Eustace the Monk, French pirate (d. 1217)
• Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of Philip II of France (d. 1190)
• Mukhali, general of Genghis Khan
• Saint Dominic, founder of the Dominicans (d. 1221)
• Valdemar II of Denmark (d. 1241)
• Leonardo of Pisa (Leonardo Fibonacci) (d. 1250)

[edit] Deaths

• January 22 — Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the Quanzhen School (b. 1113)
• November 18 — Albert I of Brandenburg (b. c. 1100)
• November 28 — Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. c. 1100)
• December 29 — Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. c. 1118)
• Al-Mustanjid, Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad
• Ruben II of Armenia (b. 1160)
• Mstislav II of Kiev
• Eliezer ben Nathan, Jewish poet and writer (b. 1090)
• Eudes, Viscount of Porhoet, co-ruler of the duchy of Brittany