Events

• Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy sacks the Kievan Rus' capital Kiev.
• Start of the conquest of Ireland. Richard fitzGilbert de Clare ('Strongbow') makes an alliance with the exiled Irish chief, Dermot MacMurrough, to help him recover his kingdom of Leinster.

Births

Deaths

• September 10 - Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I of England and Maud of Scotland, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and Geoffrey of Anjou, mother of Henry II of England.

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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