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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Massacre of the Latins]]: The [[Eastern Orthodox]] inhabitants of [[Constantinople]] massacre the Venetian, [[Republic of Genoa|Genoan]], and other Latin officials and traders who rule as agents of Empress [[Maria of Antioch]]. She is the mother and [[regent]] of 12-year-old Emperor [[Alexios II Komnenos|Alexios II]]. 
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Andronikos I Komnenos|Andronikos Komnenos]], a cousin of Maria's late husband, Emperor [[Manuel I Komnenos|Manuel I]] ('''Komnenos'''), raises an army and enters the city, representing himself as the 'protector' of Alexios. He is proclaimed as co-emperor under the name Andronikos I, and has Maria imprisoned and later condemned to be strangled – forcing a signature from Alexios to put his mother to death.<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', pp. 348–349. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>