- 1160
Events
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February 3 - EmperorFrederick Barbarossa takesCrema ,Italy following a cruel siege, as part of his campaign against the independent Italian city-states.
*Eric IX of Sweden is succeeded byKarl Sverkersson (seeSwedish monarchs ).
* TheHeiji Rebellion continues inJapan .
*Yasovarman II succeeds his uncle Dharanindravarman as ruler of theKhmer Empire . Dharanindravarman's son Jayavarman acquiesces to his cousin's succession and goes into exile in neighboringChampa .
*Spital am Semmering is founded by MargraveOttokar III of Styria .
* The city ofTomar is founded inPortugal byGualdim Pais .
*Reynald of Chatillon is arrested by theMuslims .
*Derby School is founded atDerby ,England .Births
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October 4 —Alys, Countess of the Vexin , daughter ofLouis VII of France (d. c.1220 )
*Yaqub, Almohad Caliph , ruler ofMorocco (d.1199 )
*John de Courcy ,Earl of Ulster (d.1219 )
* RabbiDavid Kimhi , biblical commentator (d.1235 )
*Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester , French crusader (d.1218 )
*Taira no Noritsune , Japanese warrior (d.1185 )
*Geoffrey of Villehardouin , French chronicler (d. c. (1212 )
*Ibn al-Athir ,Anatolia n historian (d.1233 )
*Sibylla of Jerusalem , daughter of Almaric I andAgnes of Courtenay (d.1190 )
* Dulce Berenguer, Queen of Portugal, spouse of KingSancho I of Portugal (d.1198 )
*Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din Deaths
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February 11 —Minamoto no Yoshitomo , Japanese general (b.1123 )
*May 18 —Eric IX of Sweden , king of Sweden (b. c. 1120)
*July 20 —Peter Lombard , French scholastic philosopher [b. c.1100
*Al-Muqtafi ,Caliph ofBaghdad
*Constance of Castile, Queen of France (b.1141 )
*Dharanindravarman II , ruler of theKhmer Empire (reigned1150 –1160 )
*Minamoto no Yoshihira , Japanese warrior (b.1140 )
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