Events

• William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.

• Emperor Toba ascends to the throne of Japan.

• Chinese money is printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.

• Alexander I inherits the Scottish crown with the death of Edgar of Scotland.

• The highly cultivated emperor of China, Emperor Huizong of Song, writes his Treatise on Tea.

Births

• June 12—Emperor Gaozong of Song of China (d. 1187)

• Henry II of Austria (d. 1177)

Deaths

• January 8—King Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)

• August 9—Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)

• Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester

• Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm

• Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk

• Cheng Yi, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (b. 1033)

• Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (born 1051)