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Events
April 9 — The Treaty of Durham is signed between King Stephen of England and David I of Scotland.
July 26 — Battle of Ourique: The independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León declared after the Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques. He then becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal, after calling the first assembly of the estates-general of Portugal at Lamego, where he is given the Crown from the Bishop of Bragança, to confirm the independence.
Second Council of the Lateran: The Anacletus schism is settled, and priestly celibacy is made mandatory in the Catholic Church.
Ongoing events
The Anarchy in England
Births
June 16 — Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)
Sir Ygo III of Galama, Frisian knight and nobleman (d. 1198)
Deaths
January 25 — Godfrey I of Leuven
February 18 — Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
October 20 — Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
December — Roger of Salisbury, English bishop
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