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Events
- April 23 - Nur ad-Din gains control of Damascus, uniting Syria under one ruler.
- October 25 - King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet, who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21.
- December 14 — Pope Adrian IV (also known as Hadrian IV) succeeds Pope Anastasius IV as the 169th pope. Born Nicholas Breakspear, he is the only English pope in history.
- Sweden's King Eric introduces Christianity to Finland (see History of Finland).
- A chateau is built at Chinon by Theobald I, count of Blois.
- William I becomes king of Sicily.
- Muhammad al-Idrisi completes his atlas of the world, which will remain one of the most accurate maps until the Age of Discovery.
- Birmingham, England, and the Birmingham Bull Ring are founded.
- Bosnia becomes an autonomous duchy.
- Belgrade is rebuilt by Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
- Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is first marked on the world map by Al Idrisi.
- King Valdemar the Great of Denmark is crowned.
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