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Europe

• April 14 - Following the Capetian tradition, King Louis VI has his eldest son Philip crowned as co-ruler of France at Rheims Cathedral. Louis himself becomes the national protector of all France.
• June 2 - Fulk V, count of Anjou, marries Melisende the heir to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Fulk gives up his title which passes to his 15-year-old son, Geoffrey V.
• September - Roger II of Sicily gains recognition as duke at Melfi from the Norman nobles of Naples, Bari, Capua, Salerno and other cities that have resisted him.
• Burgsteinfurt Castle is built in what is now Steinfurt.

  Asia

• Jin–Song War: Emperor Gao Zong of the Song Dynasty moves the capital from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, after the Jurchen Jin Dynasty captures Kaifeng in the Jingkang Incident.
• March 26 - Gao Zong abdicates the throne after a mutiny of the palace guard. His 2-year-old son Zhao Fu succeeds him, but Empress Meng becomes regent and the sole ruler.
• April 20 - Gao Zong regains the throne. Zhao Fu is forced the abdicate with Meng having ruled for 25 days.
• July 24 - Former Emperor Shirakawa dies at his native Kyoto. He son Toba begins his cloistered rule, sharing power with Sutoku, a grandson of Shirakawa.

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Religion

• January 23 - Henry of Blois becomes bishop of Winchester after the death of William Giffard in England.