May 29 –
Battle of Monte Porzio: The army of the
Commune of Rome is defeated by German forces under Frederick I and the local princes; Alexander III leaves
Rome.[1] Frederick proceeds to Rome, where he is crowned by Antipope
Paschal III for the second time. A sudden outbreak of pestilence kills many of his advisors and knights.[2]
March 18 –
Battle of Al-Babein: A second Zangid army (some 12,000 men) under General
Shirkuh and his nephew
Saladin marches towards
Egypt, but is met by the combined Crusader-Fatimid forces led by King
Amalric of Jerusalem. After skirmishing down the
Nile, the Crusaders are defeated near
Giza and forced to retreat to
Cairo.[3]
May–June – Saladin leads the defence of
Alexandria against the Crusader-Fatimid forces. He takes command over the garrison (plus some 1,000 cavalry), and the army's sick and wounded.[4]
August 4 – Amalric I accepts a peace treaty and enters Alexandria at the head of the Crusader army. Saladin and his troops are escorted out with full military honours, and retreats to
Syria.[5]
Ireland
Diarmaid mac Murchadha (or Dermot), former king of
Leinster, returns to
Ireland with an advance party of Flemings under Richard fitz Godbert de Roche.
Taira no Kiyomori becomes the first
samurai to be appointed Daijo Daijin, chief minister of the government of
Japan.
By topic
Religion
Absalon, Danish archbishop and statesman, leads the first
synod at
Lund. He is granted land around the city of "Havn" (modern-day
Copenhagen) and fortifies the coastal defence against the
Wends.
^Vigueur, Jean-Claude Maire (2010). L'autre Rome: Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle). Paris: Tallandier. p. 315.
ISBN978-2-84734-719-7.
^Andrew Roberts (2011). Great Commanders of the Medieval World (454–1582), pp. 135–136.
ISBN978-0-85738-589-5.