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By place

Levant

• Spring - Shams al-Mulk Isma'il, Seljuk ruler of Damascus, sends envoys to Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler of Mosul, to seek his protection in exchange of Damascus. Zengi crosses the Euphrates, receiving the surrender of the city of Hama. He besieges Damascus – but due to a shortage of supplies – he is forced to abandon the siege. Zengi extricates himself from Damascus, his Seljuk forces capture the fortresses at Ma'arrat and Atharib.
• Queen Melisende of Jerusalem reconciles with her husband Fulk V, after a period of estrangement occasioned by her growing power and rumors that she has had an affair with Hugh II, former count of Jaffa.

  Europe

• January 7 - King Harald IV returns with Danish reinforcements and the support of King Eric II. He captures his nephew and joint ruler Magnus IV, who is blinded, castrated – and confined in Nidarholm Abbey.
• May 26 - King Alfonso VII is crowned as "Emperor of All Spain" in the Cathedral of León. The coronation is attended by Ramon Berenguer IV, Raymond V and other Spanish nobles who have recognize him as their overlord.
• Summer - King Roger II lands with an Sicilian expeditionary force in Salerno. He splits his army, and conquers the cities of Aversa and Alife. Roger besieges Naples – but despite poor health conditions within the city, he is not able to take it, and returns again to Messina.
• August 15 - Emperor Lothair III receives homage from Eric II, and makes him an imperial prince at the Reichstag. His diplomatic missions to Hungary and Poland results in a tribute payment. Duke Bolesław III is given Pomerania and Rügen as German fiefs.
• Lothair III receives a Byzantine embassy at his court, on behalf of Emperor John II. It offers large financial subsidies for Lothair to start a campaign against Roger II. The negotiations will last for some months.
• September - King García IV breaks with Alfonso VII, and makes common cause with the County of Portugal against Castile and León.
• October - Conrad III, duke of Franconia, gives up his title as King of Italy in opposition with Lothair III. He receives a pardon and recovers his estates.
• Pisans in the service of the Holy See sack the city of Amalfi.
• A Moorish fleet raids the Catalan port-town of Elna.

  England

• December 1 - King Henry I dies at Lyons-la-Forêt in Normandy after a 35-year reign. He is succeeded by his nephew Stephen of Blois, who asserts his claim to the throne in opposition to claims by Henry's daughter Matilda.
• December 26 - Stephen of Blois is crowned at Westminster Abbey in London by Archbishop William de Corbeil. Matilda and her husband Geoffrey V leaves for their own safety to Normandy, where she plans how to overthrow Stephen and claims the English throne for her own.

  Africa

• Summer - An Sicilian expeditionary force led by Roger II embarks from Messina and takes the island of Djerba.
• The Hammadid Emirate launches an assault against the city of Mahdia.

  Asia

• Jin–Song War: Song forces under Yue Fei begin a counteroffensive against the Jurchen-ruled Jin Dynasty in northern China. He defeats Jin forces, by entangling his paddle-wheel ships at the Huai River.
• June 4 - Emperor Hui Zong dies in exile in Heilongjiang, having been held prisoner with his son Qin Zong since their capture in 1127.

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Religion

• January - Byland Abbey is founded in England by the Congregation of Savigny.
• Buildwas Abbey is founded in England by Roger de Clinton, bishop of Coventry.