1148

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Events

• September - The Crusaders fail to take Damascus.
• Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquers Tortosa from the Moors.
• King Afonso I of Portugal takes Abrantes from the Moors.
• Anna Comnena writes the Alexiad, which is a biography of her father, Emperor Alexius I.
• Roger II of Sicily takes Susa and Sfax in Tunisia.

Births

• John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem and Latin Emperor of Constantinople (approximate date; d. 1237)
• Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (d. 1227)
• Pope Honorius III (d. 1227)

Deaths

• April — Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1095)
• Conan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1070)
• Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100)
• William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey
• Alphonse I of Toulouse (b. 1103)

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