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== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Battle of Tara (1150)|Battle of Tara]]: The Byzantines defeat the Serbian-Hungarian army under [[Grdeša]], count (''[[župan]]'') of [[Travunija]], near the snow-covered [[Tara (Drina)|Tara River]]. The Serbs are overpowered, and Grand Prince [[Uroš II, Grand Prince of Serbia|Uroš II]] is forced to accept the peace agreement made by Emperor [[Manuel I Komnenos|Manuel I]] ('''Komnenos'''). Uroš is succeeded by his brother [[Desa (monarch)|Desa]], who  becomes co-ruler of the [[Grand Principality of Serbia|Principality of Serbia]] (until [[1153]]).<ref>Joannes Cinnamus (1976). ''Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus'', p. 87. Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-52155-0}}.</ref>

==== Levant ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Joscelin II, Count of Edessa|Joscelin II]], count of [[County of Edessa|Edessa]], on his way to [[Principality of Antioch|Antioch]] is separated from his escort and falls into the hands of some Turcoman free-booters. [[Nur ad-Din (died 1174)|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]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 267. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
* [[Battle of Aintab]]: A Crusader army led by King [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem|Baldwin III]] repels the attacks of Nur al-Din near [[Gaziantep|Aintab]]. Baldwin safely evacuates the [[Christianity|Christian]] residents of the [[County of Edessa]], which is captured by the [[Zengid dynasty|Zangids]].<ref>Smail, R. C. (1956). ''Crusading Warfare 1097–1193'', p. 160. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. {{ISBN|1-56619-769-4}}.</ref> 
* 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]].<ref>Gore, Rick (January 2001). "Ancient Ashkelon". National Geographic.</ref>

==== Europe ==== 
* [[February 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Flochberg]]: German forces under [[Henry Berengar|Henry VI]] defeat the army of the [[House of Welf]] at [[Bopfingen]]. At the same time, King [[Conrad III of Germany|Conrad III]] besieges Welf forces at [[Braunschweig]] in [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], but he lifts the siege when confronted by [[Henry the Lion]].<ref>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.</ref>
* The [[University of Paris]] (known as the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]]) is founded. The first [[doctorate]] degree is awarded in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nobel |first1=Keith Allan |title=Changing Doctoral Degrees: An International Perspective |date=1994 |publisher=Society for Research into Higher Education |isbn=0335192130}}</ref>
* The city of [[Rinteln]] is founded on the northern bank of the [[Weser|Weser River]] in [[Lower Saxony]] (modern [[Germany]]).

==== Britain ====
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Dryburgh Abbey]] located in the [[Scottish Borders]] is founded by Lord [[Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland|Hugh de Morville]].
* [[Wyre, Orkney|Cubbie Roo's Castle]] is built on [[Wyre, Orkney|Wyre]] ([[Orkney|Orkney Islands]]) and is first mentioned in the ''[[Orkneyinga saga|Orkneyinga Saga]]''.
* [[Christchurch Priory]] located in [[Dorset]] is founded by Earl [[Baldwin de Redvers, 1st Earl of Devon|Baldwin de Redvers]].
* The ''Irish Chronology'' (''[[Chronicon Scotorum]]'') is written (approximate date).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* The 15-year-old King [[Inge I of Norway|Inge I]] ('''the Hunchback''') of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] calls for a meeting at [[Bergen]] of all religious leaders in anticipation that the English cardinal [[Pope Adrian IV|Nicholas Breakspear]] will find an archbishopric at [[Trondheim]].
* [[Peter Lombard]], a French scholastic theologian, publishes the ''[[Sentences|Four Books of Sentences]]'', which becomes the standard textbook of [[theology]] at the medieval universities.<ref>{{cite book|title=Scholasticism|url=https://archive.org/details/Scholasticism|author=Joseph Rickaby|year=1908|publisher=A. Constable|page=23}}</ref>
* The temple at [[Angkor Wat]] ("Capital of Temples") is completed in the Khmer Empire (modern [[Cambodia]]).
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