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- Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria.
- Newgate Prison is built in London.
- Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England.
- Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of Exeter travel through Wales attempting to recruit men for the Third Crusade.
- The "Saladin tithe" is levied in England.
- Alfonso IX of Leon becomes king of Leon.
- Queen Tamar of Georgia marries David Soslan.
- The legenday Cutting of the elm occurs at Gisors in Normandy.
Births
- March 4 — Blanche of Castile (d. 1252)
Deaths
- August 22 — Ferdinand II of Leon (b. 1137)
- October 11 — Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France (b. c. 1123)
- Usamah ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (b. 1095)
- Sultan Ali bin Hasan of Kilwa
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