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==== Levant ====
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Council of Nablus]]: King [[Baldwin II of Jerusalem|Baldwin II]] and Patriarch [[Patriarch Warmund of Jerusalem|Warmund]] convenes an assembly at [[Nablus]] – establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. The prelates and noblemen who attend the meeting confirm the clergy's right to collect the tithe and to bear arms "in the cause of defense".<ref>Malcolm Barber (2012). ''The Crusader States'', p. 131. Yale University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-300-11312-9}}.</ref>
* Baldwin II grants the [[Knights Templar]] under [[Hugues de Payens]] and [[Godfrey de Saint-Omer]] a headquarters in a wing of the royal palace on the [[Temple Mount]] in the captured [[Qibli Mosque|Al-Aqsa Mosque]] in the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] of Jerusalem. 
* Summer &ndash; Baldwin II leads an expedition to [[Antioch]] to defend the northern [[Crusader states]]. He signs a 1-year truce with [[Ilghazi]], [[Artuqids|Artuqid]] ruler of [[Mardin]], securing the possession of [[Kafartab]] and other fortresses in [[Syria]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 128. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>