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Events

• In the Roman Catholic Church, cardinals are given the right to elect the Pope. Prior to this, the pope was elected by the clergy and congregation of the church.
• September 7 — Pope Alexander III succeeds Pope Adrian IV as the 170th pope.
• The Heiji Rebellion breaks out in Japan.
• Tunis is reconquered from the Normans by the Almohad caliphs.

Births

• Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (d. 1189)

Deaths

• May 30 — Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)
• September 1 — Pope Adrian IV (b. c. 1100)
• October 11 — William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
• Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)
• Joscelin II, Count of Edessaaf:1159

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