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==== Europe ====
* The Italian 'naval republics' of [[Republic of Genoa|Genoa]], [[Republic of Pisa|Pisa]] and [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] finance their expanding [[trade]] within and outside [[Europe]] – trade which includes an arms industry for manufactures and merchants alike (approximate date). 
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona|Ramon Berenguer IV]], count of [[County of Barcelona|Barcelona]], [[Siege of Lleida (1149)|conquers Lleida]] from the [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]], after a siege of seven months (as well as [[Fraga]] and [[Mequinenza]]).<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> 
* [[Åhus]], in present-day [[Sweden]], gains [[city right]]s (approximate date).