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June 19 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.

Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first "ghettos" for Jews.

Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, bringing Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castilian monarchy.

Philip II is crowned King of France.

Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion.

Westminster School founded by the monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command).

Drigung Kagyu school of Kagyu Buddhism founded.

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John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut (approximate date; died 1236)

Mikhail of Kiev (died 1246)

Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (approximate date)

Shimazu Tadahisa, warlord of the Shimazu clan of Japan (died 1227)

William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu

Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer (died 1229)

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September 17 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (born 1098)

Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (born 1138)