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Heads of State
Year of the Metal Rat庚子(at the beginning of Earth Pig己亥)
Syria: 1431/32 ( the year in October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Europe
- November 25: The White Ship sinks in the English Channel. Among the dead is also the English Crown Prince William Aetheling.
- Vladislav I. is the second time Duke of Bohemia.
- Alfonso I of Aragon destroyed an army of Almoravid near Cutanda.
- Establishment of the Premonstratensian
Founding cities and ersturkundliche mentions
- Duke Conrad of Zahringen founds the city of Freiburg im Breisgau.
- First mention of Althengstett and Sitzenkirch
- Count Rapoto I. built the fortress Ortenbourg and founded the kingdom of County Ortenbourg.
Science and Culture
- Liber Floridus
Born
- Louis VII, King of France († 1180)
- Fujiwara no Yorinaga, Minister to the left in the Japanese Fujiwara clan († 1156 )
- Ioveta of Bethany, abbess of St. Lazarus Monastery in Jerusalem ( † 1170 )
- 1120: Frederick II of Berg, Archbishop of Cologne ( † 1158 )
- To 1120: . Erik IX, King of Sweden and the patron saint of Sweden († 1160 )
- 1120: Philip of Milly, Lord of Nablus and seventh Grand Master of the Knights Templar († 1171 )
- 1120: Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne and Lord Chancellor of Italy ( † 1167 )
- 1120: Umberto Crivelli, Bishop of Vercelli, Archbishop of Milan, as Urban III. Pope († 1187 )
- 1120: Arnold I. of Valancourt, Archbishop of Trier ( † 1183 )
- 1120: William de Vere, Lord Chancellor of England († 1189 )
Died
- SEPTEMBER 24: Welf V, Duke of Bavaria
- November 25: William Aetheling, English crown prince
- NOVEMBER 25: Richard d' Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester ( * 1094 )