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Mosaic of Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos who defeats the Hungarians this year

Events

Byzantine–Hungarian War: Emperor John II Komnenos defeats the Hungarians and their Serbian allies at the fortress of Haram (or Chramon), which is modern-day Nova Palanka.^[1]

February – Saint-Omer and Ghent declare for Thierry (Theoderic) in his challenge to his cousin William Clito for the County of Flanders.^[2]
June 17 – King Henry I of England marries his only legitimate daughter, dowager Empress Matilda, to the 14-year-old Geoffrey Plantagenet ("the Fair"), count of Anjou, at Le Mans.
June 21 – Battle of Axspoele in Flanders: William, with his Norman knights and French allies, defeats Thierry, who is forced to flee to Bruges and then to Aalst where he is besieged.^[2]
June 24 – Battle of São Mamede: Count Alfonso I (Henriques) defeats the forces led by his mother, Queen Theresa of Portugal, near Guimarães, and gains control of the county. Alfonso styles himself "Prince of Portugal".
June 29 – Conrad III, anti-king of Germany, is crowned "King of Italy" by Archbishop Anselmo della Pusterla at Monza in Lombardy.
July 27 – The city of Bruges in Flanders (modern Belgium) receives its city charter as well new walls, and canals are built.^{[citation needed]}
July 28 – William Clito dies as a result of a wound received at the siege of Aalst a fortnight earlier, leaving Thierry as sole claimant to the County of Flanders. He sets up his seat of government at Bruges and King Louis VI ("the Fat") of France agrees to his accession.^[2]
August – Pope Honorius II invests Roger II of Sicily as duke of Apulia at Benevento, after his failure to form a coalition against Roger.

January 15: Lý Dương Hoán became the king of Đại Việt, ascending to the throne as Emperor Lý Thần Tông.
Forces of the kingdom of Champa invade Đại Việt.^[3]
Jin–Song Wars: Emperor Gaozong of the Song dynasty establishes a new capital at Yangzhou, while the government retreats south, after Jurchen forces capture the previous capital of Kaifeng in the Jingkang Incident.

November 24 – Waverley Abbey is founded by Bishop William Giffard in the south of England. The first abbot and 12 Cistercian monks are brought from L'Aumône Abbey in Normandy.^[4]
Holyrood Abbey is founded in Edinburgh by King David I of Scotland.
Kelso Abbey is founded by Scottish monks of the Tironensian Order.
Honorius II recognizes and confirms the Order of the Knights Templar. The French abbot Bernard of Clairvaux codifies the rule of the Order.^[5] Hugues de Payens, French Grand Master of the Order, visits both England and Scotland, where he raises men and money for the Order.

(many dates approximate)

↑ Angold, Michael (1997). The Byzantine Empire, 1025–1204: A Political History, p. 153. ISBN 978-0-5822-9468-4.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Aird, William M. (2008). Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy: c.1050–1134. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 9781846156717.
↑ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia, pp. 140–141. Trans. Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
↑ H.E. Malden, ed. (1967). 'House of Cistercian monks: Abbey of waverley', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 2. Victoria County History. pp. 77–89.
↑ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47 [45]. doi:10.2307/3679149. JSTOR 3679149.
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