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Northern Dutch coast flooded, the "Saint-Nicolas Flood"

Northern Dutch coast flooded, the "Saint-Nicolas Flood"

Northern Dutch coast flooded, the "Saint-Nicolas Flood"

Events Before

  1. Major fire at Chartres Cathedral, France, leads to it rebuilt as the high point of French Gothic style

    Chartres Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres, lit. 'Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres') is a Catholic cathedral in Chartres, France, about 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Paris, and is...

  2. Sverre [Sigurdsson] is crowned King of Norway after years of dispute

    Sverre [Sigurdsson] is crowned King of Norway after years of dispute

  3. Alexios III Angelos drives out his brother Isaac II as Byzantine emperor

    Alexios III Angelos drives out his brother Isaac II as Byzantine emperor

  4. Earliest report of ball lightning in London by Benedictine monk Gervase of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury [1

    Earliest report of ball lightning in London by Benedictine monk Gervase of Christ Church Cathedral Priory, Canterbury [1]

  5. Battle at Alarcos: Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur defeats army of Alfonso VIII of Castile

    Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo.

Events After

  1. Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah

    Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah

  2. Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III

    Pope Innocent III (Latin: Innocentius III; born Lotario de' Conti di Segni; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Papal States from 8 January 1198...

  3. The Giralda minaret designed by architect Ben Ahmad for the Almohad mosque in Seville is completed. Now the Bell Tower f

    The Giralda minaret designed by architect Ben Ahmad for the Almohad mosque in Seville is completed. Now the Bell Tower for Seville's cathedral.

  4. Philips of Zwabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, crowned King of Germany and King of the Romans

    Philips of Zwabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, crowned King of Germany and King of the Romans

  5. Bishop of Paris Eudes de Sully condemns the Feast of Fools - the medieval festival where higher clergy changed places wi

    Bishop of Paris Eudes de Sully condemns the Feast of Fools - the medieval festival where higher clergy changed places with lower clergy

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