Events

• Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
• December 24 - Edessa falls to Zengi
• Montauban, France, is founded
• First recorded example of an anti-Semitic blood libel in England
• Normandy comes under Angevin control
• Earliest example of Gothic architecture, in the choir of Saint Denis Basilica in Paris
• First recorded mention of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• The Commune of Rome (the town council) is founded
• Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond, Prince of Antioch, under Byzantine influence.
• The Priory in Lesmahagow is founded by Benedictine monks

Births

Deaths

• March 8 - Pope Celestine II

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