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Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.

September 26 - Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II as the 163rd pope.

October 5 - Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom although it had acted like one since the battle of June 24 of 1128 (Battle of São Mamede)

Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an, into Latin

The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck

Baldwin III crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.

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July 31 - Emperor Nijō of Japan (died 1165)

Pope Gregory IX (died 1241)

King William I of Scotland (died 1214)

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April 8 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (born 1087)

September 24 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1072)

September 24 - Pope Innocent II

November 13 - King Fulk of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou

Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (born 1084)

William of Malmesbury, English historian (born 1080)

Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (born 1070)