Eleanor of Aquitaine is held under house arrest at
Old Sarum Castle in
Wiltshire. She is kept in comfort there – fine clothes for her are dispatched regularly from
London.[2]
Under the admirals of the clan
Banu Mardanish, an
Almohad fleet suffers a large defeat at the hand of the
Portuguese, as they are trying to re-conquer
Lisbon.[3]
May 22 – A group of Isma'ili
Assassins gains access into
Saladin's camp and attempts to kill him during the siege of
Aleppo. But his bodyguard saves his life, the others are slain while trying to escape.[4]
Asia
The Chinese court establishes several government-
paper money factories in the cities of
Chengdu,
Hangzhou and
Huizhou. In Hangzhou alone a daily workforce of more than 1,000 men is employed.[5]