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April 23 -Nur ad-Din gains control ofDamascus , unitingSyria under one ruler.
*October 25 - King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet, who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21.
*December 14 —Pope Adrian IV (also known as Hadrian IV) succeedsPope Anastasius IV as the 169thpope . Born Nicholas Breakspear, he is the only Englishpope in history.
*Sweden 's King Eric introducesChristianity toFinland (seeHistory of Finland ).
* Achateau is built atChinon by Theobald I, count ofBlois .
* William I becomes king of Sicily.
*Muhammad al-Idrisi completes his atlas of the world, which will remain one of the most accurate maps until theAge of Discovery .
*Birmingham ,England , and theBirmingham Bull Ring are founded.
* Bosnia becomes an autonomous duchy.
*Belgrade is rebuilt byByzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus .
*Tallinn , the capital ofEstonia , is first marked on the world map byAl Idrisi .
* King Valdemar the Great of Denmark is crowned.Births
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November 11 — KingSancho I of Portugal (d.1212 )
*Benoît de Sainte-Maure , French poet and troubadour (d.1173 )
* QueenConstance of Sicily , wife ofHenry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d.1198 )
*Minamoto no Yoshinaka , Japanese shogun (d.1184
*Sune Sik Sverkersson , prince of Sweden
*Vsevolod the Big Nest , Grand Prince of Vladimir (d.1212 )Deaths
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February 20 —Saint Wulfric ofHaselbury Plucknett (b. c.1080 )
*February 26 — KingRoger II of Sicily (b.1093 )
*August 16 — KingRamiro II of Aragon (b. c.1075 )
*October 25 — KingStephen of England (b.1096 )
*November 18 —Adélaide de Maurienne , queen ofLouis VI of France (b.1092 )
*December 3 —Pope Anastasius IV
*Iziaslav II of Kiev , Prince ofVladimir and Volyn, (b. c.1097 , reigned1134 —1142 )
*Vyacheslav of Kiev , prince ofSmolensk (b.1083 , reigned1113 –1125 )
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