Events

• February 4 – Richard I of England is ransomed from Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

• July 5—Emperor Guangzong of Song China is forced to give up his throne.

• November 20—Palermo falls to Henry VI.

• December 25—Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily.

• Battle of Freteval: Richard I of England reconquers his French fiefdoms from Philip II Augustus.

• The city of Portsmouth is awarded its Royal Charter.

• Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter.

• The Yellow River of China experiences a major course change, taking over the Huai River drainage system for the next 700 years.

• The Danes attack Estonia.

• Seljuq dynasty of Hamadan ends.

Births

• July 16—Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)

• December 26—Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

Deaths

• February 20—King Tancred of Sicily

• May 5—King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)

• June 27—King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. c. 1133)

• June 28—Emperor Xiaozong of China (b. 1127)

• September 27—Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)

• November 15—Margaret I of Flanders

• December 31—Duke Leopold V of Austria (at a tournament) (b. 1157)

• Benedictus Abbas, English chronicler

• Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (b. c. 1150)

• Raymond V of Toulouse (b. 1134)

• Roger III of Sicily (b. 1175)

• Sviatoslav III of Kiev