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Events May 22 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo May 29 - Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni) September 17 - Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel I Comnenus at the Battle of Myriokephalon Construction begins on the London Bridge Cathedral in Sens installs first "horologe" Aberdeen becomes a royal burgh. Births Rastko Nemanjic, serbian prince and archbishop later canonized as Saint Sava Leopold VI of Austria (d. 1230) Deaths Emperor Rokujo of Japan Rosamund Clifford, Mistress to Henry II Richard de Clare, Anglo-Norman earl also known as "Strongbow" Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine
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