1161 - Events. Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. 1161 - Births. September 23 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (died 1181) Constance, Duchess of Brittany (died 1201) Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (died 1185) Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and saint (died 1223) 1161 - Deaths. April 18 - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury June 14 - Emperor Qinzong of China (born 1084) ...

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1223 - Events. August 6 - Louis VIII is crowned King of France. Franciscan Rule is approved by Pope Honorius III. 1223 - Births. John FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel (died 1267) Baibars, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria (died 1277) Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (died 1265) 1223 - Deaths. March 8 - Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and historian (born 1161) March 25 ...

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Baldwin IV (1161 – 1185), called the Leper or the Leprous, the son of Amalric I of Jerusalem and his first wife Agnes of Courtenay, was king of Jerusalem from 1174 to 1185. Baldwin IV of Jerusalem - Political maneuvering. Baldwin spent his youth in his father's court in Jerusalem, having little contact with his mother, Agnes of Courtenay, Countess of Jaffa and Ascalon. Baldwin IV was educated by the historian William of Tyre, who discovered that the boy was a leper: the boy and his friends w ...

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Genghis Khan ▶ (help·info) (c. 11621–August 18, 1227) (Cyrillic: Чингис Хаан), (also spelled as Chinggis Khan, Jenghis Khan, etc.), (pronounced ʧiŋgɪs χaːŋ), born as Tem ...

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April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). There are 257 days remaining. April 18 - Events. 1025 - Bolesław I Chrobry is crowned as the first king of Poland. 1042 - Michael V attempts to remain sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoë of Byzantium to a monastery. 1518 - Bona Sforza is crowned as queen of Poland. 1775 - Two lanterns were hung from the steeple of the ...

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Al-Idrisi (b.1100-d.1165 or 1166) full name Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi was an Arab cartographer, geographer and traveller who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II. Muhammad al-Idrisi was born in Sabtah, then belonging to the Almoravid Empire (nowadays Ceuta, Spain) and died in Sicily, or maybe in Sabtah. In 1154 al-Idrisi made a large, south-oriented mappa mundi known as the Tabula Rogeriana and an accompanying book, named Geography. Taken together, they were named Nuzhat al-Mushtak by Roge ...

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Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous state of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are part of the Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa. Bengal ...

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Schleswig (Danish: Slesvig) is a town at the Schlei firth in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. Today, it has a population of about 25,000. Schleswig is a very old town. The Viking settlement of Hedeby, which is today a part of the city, was first time mentioned in 804. It was a powerful city in the Baltic region, dominating the area for more than 200 years. In 1050, following several destructions of Haithabu, the town was mov ...

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The Duchy of Carinthia (German language: Kärnten, Slovenian: Koroška) was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, and a crownland of Austria-Hungary until it dissolved in 1918. Carinthia duchy - Karantania and medieval dynasties. In the 7th century it was part of the Principality of Karantania, and was part of the empire of Charlemagne from 788 to 843, when it became part of the eastern Frankish kingdom of Louis the German. From 889 to 927 the Mark of Carinthia was pa ...

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1105 - Events. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed by his son, Henry V Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty. 1105 - Births. March 1 - Alfonso VII of Castile (died 1157) Matilda of Boulogne, wife of Stephen of England (died 1152) Ingold II, king of Sweden (died 1125) Melisende of Jerusalem (died 1161) Ibn Tufail, Andalusian philosopher, physician and official (approximate date; died 1185) Including:

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1185 - Events. April 25 - Genpei War - Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan. Founding of Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden. The school is the oldest in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe. Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the ...

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1201 - Births. August 9 - Arnold Fitz Thedmar, English chronicler (d. 1274) October 9 - Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (died 1274) Theobald IV of Champagne (died 1252) Ladislaus III of Hungary (died 1205) Mindowhowna, Queen of Galicia (died 1264) Danylo King of Rus (died 1264) Alix of Thouars, Duchess of Brittany (died 1221) 1201 - Deaths. March 21 - Absalon, Danish archbis ...

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September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining. It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099). September 11 - Events. 1226 - The Catholic practice of Perpetual adoration begins. 1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English. 1541 - Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors. ...

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1100 - Events. William II of England dies in a hunting accident - Henry I becomes King of England King Henry I proclaims the Charter of Liberties, one of the first examples of a constitution. Baldwin I becomes King of Jerusalem. Baldwin of Bourcq becomes Count of Edessa. Dagobert of Pisa becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Bohemund I of Antioch is captured by the Danishmends, leaving Tancred as regent of the Principality of Antioch. The cities of Kalma ...

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1181 - Events. Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. The word Albigensians first used by chronicler Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois to describe the inhabitants of Albi, France. September 1 - Lucius III becomes Pope. Chinese and Japanese astronomers observe what has since come to be understood as a supernova. One of only eight supernovae in the Milky Way observed in recorded history, it appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia and was visible in the night sky for about ...

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Jerusalem had recently been conquered by Christian Franks in 1099 during the First Crusade, and was ruled by a dynasty from the County of Boulogne in France. Melisende was the heir of this dynasty, and was designated her father's successor before 1129. Women who inherited territory usually did so because war and violence brought many men to premature death, and women who were recognized as queen regnant rarely exercised their authority. Contemporaries of Melisende who did rule, however, included Urraca of Castile (1080-1129), Empress Matilda ...

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List of kings of Persia - Arab caliphs rule. All Persian provinces fell under The Arabic Caliphate from 661 to 867. Umayyad dynasty, 661–750 Abbasid dynasty, 750–867 divided, 867–1029 List of kings of Persia - Tahirids in Khorasan 821–872. Taher ebne Hosein ebne Mos'ab, Emir 821–822 Talhat ebne Taher, 822–828 Abdollah ebne Taher, 828–844See also:

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List of historians - A. Irving Abella, Canadian historian & author Robert G. Albion, maritime history Gar Alperovitz, American historian, wrote Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima & Potsdam Ida Altman, American historian, colonial Spain & Latin America Stephen Ambrose, (1936–2002), American historian, U.S. history Charles McLean Andrews, (1863–1943), American historian, U.S. colonial history Joyce Appleby, seventeenth- and eighteenth-centu ...

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Genghis Khan - First war with Western Xia. The Mongol federation created by Temüjin in 1206 was bordered to the south by the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, who then ruled North China, and to the west by the Xia. Temüjin organized his people and his state to prepare for future battle with the Western Xia that was closer to the Mongol border. As well, the Jurchen had grown uncomfortable with the newly-unified Mongols for the first time. It may be that some trade routes ran through Mongol territory, and they might ha ...

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List of historians - A. Irving Abella, Canadian historian & author Robert G. Albion, maritime history Gar Alperovitz, American historian, Hiroshima Ida Altman, American historian, colonial Spain & Latin America Stephen Ambrose, (1936–2002), American; WW2, U.S. political Charles McLean Andrews, (1863–1943), American; U.S. colonial history Joyce Appleby, American; US early national Herbert Aptheker, (1915–2003), American; African Ame ...

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