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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Siege of Sozopolis]]: [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces under Emperor [[John II Komnenos]] conquer [[Sozopolis, Pisidia|Sozopolis]] in [[Pisidia]], from the [[Sultanate of Rum]]. The [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk]] garrison is defeated while they are trapped between the Byzantine cavalry and the army (who is besieging the fortress).<ref>Harry J. Magoulias (1984). ''O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates'', p. 9. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8143-1764-8}}.</ref>

==== Levant ====
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Council of Nablus]]: King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem|Baldwin II]] and Patriarch [[Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem|Warmund]] convenes an assembly at [[Nablus]] – establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. The prelates and noblemen who attend the meeting confirm the clergy's right to collect the tithe and to bear arms "in the cause of defense".<ref>Malcolm Barber (2012). ''The Crusader States'', p. 131. Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-11312-9}}.</ref>
* Baldwin II grants the [[Knights Templar]] under [[Hugues de Payens]] and [[Godfrey de Saint-Omer]] a headquarters in a wing of the royal palace on the [[Temple Mount]] in the captured [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa Mosque]] in the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] of Jerusalem. 
* Summer &ndash; Baldwin II leads an expedition to [[Antioch]] to defend the northern [[Crusader states]]. He signs a 1-year truce with [[Ilghazi]], [[Artuqids|Artuqid]] ruler of [[Mardin]], securing the possession of [[Kafartab]] and other fortresses in [[Syria]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 128. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cutanda]]: The combined forces of [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]] and [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]] under King [[Alfonso the Battler]] crush the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] army near [[Calamocha]]. Alfonso [[Siege of Calatayud|recaptures]] the fortified towns of [[Calatayud]] and [[Daroca]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Gilbert|last=Meynier|year=2010|title=L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518)|location=Paris|publisher=La Découverte|page=86}}</ref>
* The Almoravid fleet under Admirals Abu Abd Allah ibn Maymum of [[Almería]], and Isa ibn Maymum of [[Sevilla]] attacks the coastline of the Christian [[Kingdom of Galicia]].<ref name="lameretlesmulmans">{{cite book|last=Picard|first=C.|year=1997|title=La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age|location=Paris|publisher=Presses Universitaires de France}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2016}}
* [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]] is founded by [[Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen|Conrad I]] and his elder brother, Duke [[Berthold III, Duke of Zähringen|Berthold III]] of [[Zähringen (Freiburg)|Zähringen]], as a free market town.

==== England ====
* King [[Henry I of England|Henry I]] gives a portion of the [[Stoneleigh, Warwickshire|Stoneleigh]] estate (located in [[Warwickshire]]) to [[Geoffrey de Clinton]], his [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]] and treasurer. He builds a [[Motte-and-bailey castle|motte and bailey castle]] and forms a lake to provide better defences.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; The ''[[White Ship]]'' is sunk in the [[English Channel]], off [[Barfleur]]. Henry I's only legitimate son, [[William Adelin]], is among 300 (many of them Anglo-Norman nobility) who drown.
* The [[Pseudo-Ingulf]]'s [[Croyland Chronicle]] records [[Cornwall]] as a nation distinct from [[Kingdom of England|England]].

==== Asia ====
* [[Fang La]], a Chinese rebel leader, leads an uprising against the [[Song dynasty|Song Dynasty]] in Qixian Village (modern-day [[Zhejiang]]) in southeast China. He raises an army and captures [[Hangzhou]].
* August &ndash; September (the eighth month of the [[Chinese calendar]]) &ndash; [[Wanyan Xiyin]], a [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] nobleman and minister, completes the design of the first version of the [[Jurchen script]].
* The flourishing south Chinese coastal city of [[Quanzhou]] claims a population of 500,000 citizens, including the hinterland.<ref>John S. Brown (2000). ''Colombia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture'', p. 32. {{ISBN|0-231-11004-9}}.</ref>