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Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

Hurricane hits villages in Holland and Friesland, causing flooding

Events Before

  1. Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV

    Ottaviano de Montecello is elected Antipope Victor IV

  2. King Louis VII of France weds Adele of Champagne

    King Louis VII of France weds Adele of Champagne

  3. Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame

    Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame

  4. Jean Bodels' mystic play "Jeu de St Nicholas" premieres in Arras

    Jean Bodels' mystic play "Jeu de St Nicholas" premieres in Arras

  5. Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot

    Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot races to celebrate in the Hippodrome

Events After

  1. Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

    Raynald of Dassel names Guido di Crema as anti-pope Paschalis III

  2. Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch

    Bohemond III of Antioch, also known as Bohemond the Child or the Stammerer (French: Bohémond le Bambe/le Baube; c. 1148–1201), was Prince of Antioch from 1163 to 1201.

  3. Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine

    Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine

  4. Jewish rabbi and philosopher Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or the Rambam) reaches Jerusalem

    Jewish rabbi and philosopher Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or the Rambam) reaches Jerusalem

  5. Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

    Pope Alexander III returns from exile to Rome

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