1107

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Events

• William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• Emperor Toba ascends to the throne of Japan.
• Chinese money is printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.
• Alexander I inherits the Scottish crown with the death of Edgar of Scotland.
• The highly cultivated emperor of China, Emperor Huizong of Song, writes his Treatise on Tea.

Births

• June 12 — Emperor Gaozong of Song of China (d. 1187)
• Henry II of Austria (d. 1177)

Deaths

• January 8 — King Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
• August 9 — Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
• Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester
• Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm
• Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
• Cheng Yi, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (b. 1033)
• Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (born 1051)

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