Late Summer – John II establishes a supply base for his further campaigns at Antalya. While waiting for reinforcements, his eldest son
Alexios and appointed heir, falls ill and dies. His other two sons,
Andronikos and
Isaac are tasked to escort the body, but during the voyage Andronikos also dies. John continues his campaign against the
Armenian kingdom of Cilicia – to re-conquer the fortresses that the
Danishmends have taken. He appears by forced marches at
Turbessel in mid-September.[2] Meanwhile, Isaac brings the corpses of his two brothers back to
Constantinople, where they are entombed in the
Pantokrator Monastery.
Sigurd II, a Norwegian pretender, is joined in his efforts to overthrow the 7-year-old King
Inge Haraldsson of Norway by Inge's older half-brother
Eystein II, who becomes co-ruler. He receives one third of the late
Harald's kingdom.
May – Conrad III makes a peace agreement with the 13-year-old
Henry the Lion at
Frankfurt. He is appointed as duke of
Saxony, which territories are deprived from his father, the late Duke
Henry the Proud.[3]
December – Stephen lays siege to
Oxford Castle, trapping Matilda and her supporters inside the city. Just before
Christmas she manages to escape across the snow and ice of the frozen
Thames River – dressed in white (to get past Stephen's pickets), and safely reaches
Abingdon. The next day Oxford Castle surrenders to Stephen, Matilda rides with an escort to
Wallingford Castle, where she seeks refuge.
Levant
Autumn –
Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk governor (atabeg) of
Mosul, continues his campaign against the
Kurds in southeastern Anatolia (since
1141). Byzantine forces under John II fail to take
Antioch.[5]
January 5 – Emperor
Sutoku abdicates the throne after a 19-year reign and becomes a monk. He is succeeded by his 3-year-old brother
Konoe, who accedes as the 76th
emperor of Japan.
January 28 – Despite having saved the southern
Song Dynasty from attempts by the northern
Jin Dynasty to conquer it, Chinese general
Yue Fei is executed by the Song government.
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"Peter Abelard". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved July 28, 2018.