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==== Economy ====
* First evidence that the [[Knights Templar|Temple]] in [[London]] is extending loans to John, King of England. The sums remain small, but are often used for critical operations, such as the ransoming of the king's soldiers captured by the French.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Ferris|first=Eleanor|title=The Financial Relations of the Knights Templars to the English Crown|journal=American Historical Review|year=1902|volume=8|issue=1|pages=1–17 |doi=10.2307/1832571|jstor=1832571}}</ref>

==== Religion ====
* [[April 8]] – Congress of [[Zenica|Bilino Polje]]: [[Ban Kulin]], ruler of [[Banate of Bosnia|Bosnia]], officially declares his allegiance to the [[Roman Catholic Church]] and denounces [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]].
* [[Ragnall mac Somairle]], a Scottish nobleman, invites [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] monks to establish the abbey of [[Iona Abbey|Iona]].
* The Temple of [[Nataraja]] is completed, at [[Chidambaram]] in [[India]].</onlyinclude>