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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* [[March 6]] &ndash; German forces led by [[Frederick Barbarossa]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]], capture [[Milan]]; much of the city is destroyed three weeks later on the emperor's orders. The fortifications are demolished and the churches are destroyed. The population is dispersed, and the commune abolished.<ref>Andrew Roberts (2011). ''Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582)'', p. 135. {{ISBN|978-0-85738-589-5}}.</ref> The fate of Milan leads to the submission of [[Brescia]], [[Piacenza]], and many other northern Italian cities.<ref>Comyn, Robert (1851). ''History of the Western Empire, from its Restoration by Charlemagne to the Accession of Charles V'', p. 246.</ref>
* [[July 7]] &ndash; Norwegian forces supporting 6-year-old [[Magnus V of Norway|Magnus V]] (Erlingsson) defeat the 15-year-old King [[Haakon II of Norway|Haakon II]] (Sigurdsson), who is killed in battle in [[Romsdal]] after a 5-year reign. 
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Ladislaus II of Hungary|Ladislaus II]], duke of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Middle Ages|Bosnia]], is declared king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Croatia in union with Hungary|Croatia]]. He is crowned by Archbishop [[Mikó, Archbishop of Kalocsa|Mikó]] and grants [[Duchy (Kingdom of Hungary)|one-third of the kingdom]] to his brother, [[Stephen IV of Hungary|Stephen IV]].

==== England ====
* [[June 3]] &ndash; King [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] has his chancellor [[Thomas Becket]] elected to succeed the late [[Theobald of Bec]] as archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]]. He accepts the [[pallium]] sent by [[Pope Alexander III]].

==== Africa ====
* The [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohad]] emir, [[Abd al-Mu'min]], prepares a gigantic fleet of some four hundred ships to invade [[Al-Andalus]] (modern [[Spain]]). He dies the following year, before the fleet is completed.<ref name="lameretlemusulmans">Picard C. (1997). ''La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, p. 77.</ref>

==== China ====
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozong of Song]] becomes embroiled in war again as hostilities resume with the [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]]-led [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] (or "Great Jin") after 21 years of peace. Another peace treaty is signed, Gao abdicates the throne in favor of his adopted son [[Emperor Xiaozong of Song|Xiaozong]]. The smaller [[Song dynasty#Southern Song, 1127–1279|Southern Song]] empire becomes richer than the [[Song dynasty]].