Battle of Tara: The Byzantines defeat the Serbian-Hungarian army under
Grdeša, count (župan) of
Travunija, near the snow-covered
Tara River. The Serbs are overpowered, and Grand Prince
Uroš II is forced to accept the peace agreement made by Emperor
Manuel I (Komnenos). Uroš is succeeded by his brother
Desa, who becomes co-ruler of the
Principality of Serbia (until
1153).[1]
Levant
Spring –
Joscelin II, count of
Edessa, on his way to
Antioch is separated from his escort and falls into the hands of some Turcoman free-booters.
Nur al-Din, ruler (atabeg) of
Aleppo, heard of Joscelin's capture and sends a squadron of cavalry to take him from his captors. Joscelin is led before a hostile crowd and publicly blinded. Nur al-Din puts him in prison in the
Citadel of Aleppo.[2]
The city of
Ascalon is fortified with 53 towers by order of the 17-year-old Caliph
Al-Zafir, as it is the most strategic frontier fortress of the
Fatimid Caliphate.[4]
The Irish Chronology (Chronicon Scotorum) is written (approximate date).
By topic
Religion
The 15-year-old King
Inge I (the Hunchback) of
Norway calls for a meeting at
Bergen of all religious leaders in anticipation that the English cardinal
Nicholas Breakspear will find an archbishopric at
Trondheim.
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^Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 267.
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^Smail, R. C. (1956). Crusading Warfare 1097–1193, p. 160. New York: Barnes & Noble Books.
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^Gore, Rick (January 2001). "Ancient Ashkelon". National Geographic.
^Knödler, Julia (2010). Germany: Narrative (1125–1250), p. 178. Clifford J. (ed). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, pp. 176–185. New York: Oxford University Press.
^Nobel, Keith Allan (1994). Changing Doctoral Degrees: An International Perspective. Society for Research into Higher Education.
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^Joseph Rickaby (1908).
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