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==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[August]] &ndash; King [[William II of Sicily]] ("the Good") lands in [[Epirus]] with a Siculo-Norman expeditionary force of 200 ships and 80,000 men (including 5,000 knights) and marches as far as the Byzantine city of [[Thessaloniki]], which he [[Sack of Thessalonica (1185)|takes and pillages]], massacring some 7,000 Greek citizens.<ref name="norman adversaries">{{cite book|last=Abels|first=Richard Philip|title=The Normans and their adversaries at war|year=2001|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|location=Woodbridge|isbn=0-85115-847-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOic9EEo3PIC&q=The+occasion+of+the+coming+of+the+Normans+to+southern+Italy |author2=Bernard S. Bachrach|page=100}}</ref>
* [[September 11]]–[[September 12|12]] &ndash; [[Isaac II Angelos]] leads a revolt in [[Constantinople]] and deposes Emperor [[Andronikos I Komnenos]]. Andronikos tries in vain to flee across [[Asia]] but is captured and killed by an angry mob. Isaac is proclaimed emperor, ending the [[Komnenos|Komnenos Dynasty]].<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', pp. 349–350. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
* [[November 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Demetritzes]]: A reinforced Byzantine army under [[Alexios Branas]] decisively defeats William II, ending his invasion of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. Thessaloniki is recaptured, and the [[Normans]] are pushed back to [[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Italy]]. Many Norman ships are lost to storms.
* [[Uprising of Asen and Peter]]: [[Peter II of Bulgaria|Peter]] and [[Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria|Ivan Asen]] lead a revolt of the [[Vlachs]] and [[Bulgarians|Bulgars]] against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]].