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==== Europe ====
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor]], dies of [[cancer]] in [[Utrecht]] after leading an expedition against King [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] ("the Fat") of [[France in the Middle Ages|France]] and then against the citizens of [[Worms, Germany|Worms]]. Having no legitimate children, Henry leaves his possessions to his nephew, [[Frederick II, Duke of Swabia|Frederick II]] ("the One-Eyed"), duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]]. At the ''[[Hoftag]]'' diet in [[Regensburg]], [[Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor|Lothair]], duke of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], is elected [[List of German monarchs|King of Germany]] and crowned at [[Aachen]] on [[September 13]].
* Lothair II (supported by [[Pope Honorius II]]) asks Frederick II to restore to the crown the estates that he has inherited from Henry V. Frederick refuses, and by year's end a succession dispute breaks out between the [[House of Welf]] and the [[Hohenstaufen|House of Hohenstaufen]]. The latter is led by Frederick and his brother [[Conrad III of Germany|Conrad III]], duke of [[Franconia]].
* King [[Inge the Younger]] of [[History of Sweden (800–1521)|Sweden]] is murdered in [[Vreta Abbey]] at the instigation of Queen [[Ulvhild Håkansdotter]] after a 20-year reign. Her cousin [[Magnus I of Sweden|Magnus I]] ("the Strong") proclaims himself ruler over the [[Lands of Sweden]] ([[Norrland]], [[Svealand]] and [[Götaland|Gothenland]]) (until [[1134]]).
* The [[Republic of Venice]] pillages the islands of [[Rhodes]], ravages [[Samos]] and [[Lesbos]], and occupies [[Chios]] (controlled by the [[Byzantine Empire]]). The [[Republic of Florence]] sacks and conquers the neighboring independent republic of [[Fiesole]] in [[Italy]].
* [[Saracen]] pirates raid the city of [[Antibes]] in [[Provence]] and the [[Benedictine]] [[Lérins Abbey|monastery of Saint Honorat]] on the [[Lérins Islands]] ([[French Riviera]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=Pays d'Islam et monde latin, Xe-XIIIe siècle: textes et documents|publisher=Presses Universitaires de Lyon|location=Lyon|author=Unité mixte de recherche 5648--Histoire et archéologie des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux}}</ref>
* The first fair in [[County of Portugal|Portugal]] is created in [[Ponte de Lima]]; it is an early sign of commercialization and economic development.<ref>{{cite book|last=de Oliveira Marques|first=António Henrique|title=Histoire du Portugal et de son empire colonial|year=1998|publisher=Karthala|location=Paris|isbn=2-86537-844-6|page=44}}</ref>
* King [[Alfonso the Battler]] of [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]] and [[Kingdom of Navarre|Navarre]] leads a Castellan raid in [[Andalusia]] (Southern [[Spain]]).<ref>{{cite journal|last=McGrank|first=Lawrence|title=Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te 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>