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==== Europe ====
* April&ndash;May &ndash; [[Béla III of Hungary|Béla III]] returns to [[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)|Hungary]] – where he is acclaimed king by the Hungarian [[nobility]], after the death (possibly from poison) of his elder brother [[Stephen III of Hungary|Stephen III]], on [[March 4]]. 
* [[May 28]] &ndash; Doge [[Vitale II Michiel]], accused at a General Assembly at the [[Doge's Palace|Ducal Palace]], for the destruction of the Venetian fleet, is stabbed to death by an angry mob at [[Venice]].
* Summer &ndash; The 14-year-old Richard (later [[Richard I of England]]) is formally recognized as duke of [[Duchy of Aquitaine|Aquitaine]]. The ceremony takes place at the church of St. Hilary in [[Poitiers]].<ref>Turner, Ralph; Heiser, Richard (2013). ''The Reign of Richard Lionheart: ruler of the Angevin empire, 1189-99''. London: Routledge: Taylor and Francis, p. 57. {{ISBN|978-1-317-8904-23}}.</ref>
* A Muslim rebellion is quelled at [[Prades, Baix Camp|Prades]] in [[Catalonia]]; this event marks the end of the pacification of the lands recently conquered by Count [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer IV]] ("the Saint").<ref>{{cite journal|last=McGrank|first=Lawrence|title=Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and the Principality of Tarragona 1129-55|journal=Journal of Medieval History|year=1981|volume=7|issue=1|pages=67–82|doi=10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1}}</ref>