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==== Europe ====
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Charles the Good]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]], is murdered by a band of knights while praying in church; he leaves no children. King [[Louis VI of France]] appoints [[William Clito]] (son of [[Robert Curthose]]) as new ruler. But the Flemish towns of [[Bruges]], [[Ghent]], [[Saint-Omer]] and [[Ypres]] recognize (with English financial support) [[Thierry, Count of Flanders|Thierry of Alsace]] as rival count.
* Spring &ndash; The forces of [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]] begin the [[Siege of Guimarães]], which will end in their withdrawal.<ref name=livermore>H. V. Livermore: ''[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869/page/n78/mode/1up A History Of Portugal]'', Cambridge University Press, 1947, p. 59.</ref>
* Summer &ndash; King [[Roger II of Sicily]] claims the [[Hauteville family|Hauteville]] possessions in [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]] as well the overlordship of [[Principality of Capua|Capua]]. However, a coalition of Norman noblemen in [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia and Calabria]] resist (supported by [[Pope Honorius II]]) against Sicilian rule. The same year, Roger regains control over [[Malta]] after a rebellion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Abulafia|first=David|title=The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean|year=1985|publisher=Boydell Press|location=Woodbridge|isbn=0-85115-416-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DZf-RBtZ7IC&pg=PA32 }}</ref> Roger II also establishes a pact with the maritime Republic of [[Savona]] to guarantee the security of the [[Mediterranean Sea]],<ref name="espace libyeb">{{cite web |last=Bresc|first=Henri|title=La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age |website=Mediterranea - ricerche storiche |url=http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> probably following an [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] raid against the Sicilian realm.<ref>{{cite book|last=Johns|first=Jeremy|title=Arabic administration in Norman Sicily: the royal dīwān|year=2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|isbn=0-521-81692-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXXYfJ9woRwC&q=%22ali+ibn+yahya%22+zirid|page=85}}</ref> 
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Conrad III of Germany|Conrad III]] (with support of the [[Free imperial city|imperial cities]], [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] and [[Duchy of Austria|Austria]]) is elected and crowned as [[anti-king]] of [[Kingdom of Germany|Germany]] at [[Nuremberg]].