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==== Europe ====
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Frederick Barbarossa]], Holy Roman Emperor, captures [[Crema, Lombardy]] after a 6-month siege, as part of his campaign against the independent Italian city-states. Some 20,000 survivors are allowed to leave the city with whatever they could carry before Crema is looted and burnt to the ground.<ref>Bradbury, Jim (1992). ''The Medieval Siege'', p. 92. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press. {{ISBN|978-0-851-15357-5}}.</ref> The expense of the siege (over 2,000 silver marks) and Frederick's determination to enforce it over the winter, demonstrates his ability to hold troops in the field and to keep his allies on side.<ref>Andrew Roberts (2008). ''Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582)'', p. 134. {{ISBN|978-0-85738-589-5}}.</ref>  
* [[May 18]] &ndash; [[Saint Erik|Erik IX Jedvardsson of Sweden]] is murdered, after which his murderer [[Magnus Henriksen]] proclaims himself king of [[Sweden]] as Magnus II. He is murdered in turn the following year, however. Erik is soon worshipped as a saint. Though never formally canonized by Pope [[Pope Alexander III|Alexander III]], he eventually becomes the [[patron saint]] of Sweden.
* [[November 2]] &ndash; Betrothal of 5-year-old [[Henry the Young King]] of England and 2-year-old [[Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary|Marguerite]], daughter of [[Louis VII of France]]; she brings Norman [[Vexin]] to the English crown as a dowry.<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|page=67|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[November 13]] &ndash; Within weeks of the death of his second wife, Queen [[Constance of Castile]], King [[Louis VII of France]] marries [[Adela of Champagne]], daughter of Count [[Theobald II, Count of Champagne|Theobald II]] ("the Great").
* A plot of land at [[Miholjanec]] is donated to the [[Knights Templar]], who build a monastery in nearby Zdelia. This is the earliest historical mention of the Templars in [[Croatia]] and [[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)|Hungary]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Crusades and the Military Orders|page=246|first1=Zsolt|last1=Hunyadi|first2=József|last2=Laszlovszky|publisher=Central European University. Dept. of Medieval Studies|isbn=978-963-9241-42-8}}</ref>
* [[Spital am Semmering]] (modern [[Austria]]) is founded by Margrave [[Ottokar III of Styria|Ottokar III]]. He erects a hospital and completes the colonization of the area around the [[Traisen (river)|Traisen]] and [[Gölsen]] rivers.
* A large Portuguese offensive begins in the [[Alentejo]] region, against the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman, VIIIe-XIIIe siècle: L'Occident dál-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=110}}</ref> The city of [[Tomar]] is founded by [[Gualdim Pais]], [[Grand master (order)|Grand Master]] of the Knights Templar.
* The island of [[Lundy]] is granted to the [[Knights Templar]] by Henry II of England.