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Heads of State

Year of the Metal Snake辛巳( at the beginning of the year Metal Dragon庚辰)

Syria: 1472/73 ( year October )

• Secured 2.1 Date of birth
• 2.2 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

• In Visby on Gotland Gotland the community of German driver is founded, which proves to be the nucleus of the Hanseatic League.
• Magnus Erlingsson becomes King of Norway.
• Engelbert I will Count of Berg.
• Henry the Lion adopts in the parliament in October on the Ertheneburg the Artlenburg privilege.
• At the Council of Lodi lets Emperor Frederick Barbarossa by Pope Victor IV Konrad I of Wittelsbach determine the Archbishop of Mainz, after the two previous incumbents Christian I of book and Rudolf von Zahringen have been deposed and excommunicated.
• Évora, Beja and Alcácer do Sal are retaken by the Moors.

Ersturkundliche mentions

• Bernloch, Bittelbronn, Damphreux, acorn mountain, forest, Hambrücken, Obergösgen, Spielberg, Elster ( Elbe) and Trochtelfingen are first mentioned.

Born

Secured birth

• February 22: Lothario dei Conti di Segni, as Innocent III. Pope († 1216 )
• September 23: Takakura, 80th emperor of Japan († 1181 )

Exact date of birth unknown

• Baldwin the leper king of Jerusalem († 1185 )
• Wladyslaw thin leg, Senior Duke of Poland ( † 1231 )
• Beatrix d' Albon, Dauphine of Viennois († 1228 )
• Constance of Brittany, Duchess of Bratagne († 1201)
• Sancho of Roussillon, Margrave of Provence († 1223 )

Died

• Rechungpa, chief disciple of the great Tibetan yogi Milarepa (* 1084 )
• Fergus, the first King or Lord of Galloway