Events

• Establishment of the Carmelite Order
• Hogen Rebellion in Japan
• January 20 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
• The Privilegium Minus elevates Austria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family. (see History of Austria).

Births

Deaths

• Emperor Toba of Japan
• January 20 - Bishop Henry, patron "saint" of Finland

Heads of states

• England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
• France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180).

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