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The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated by Walkelin.
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Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated.
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Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Ptolemy II of Tusculum.
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Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor
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In Syria, sultan Baybars conquers the Krak of Chevaliers (a fortress near Homs).
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Francesco Petrarca crowned in Rome
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Bartolomeo Prignano elected as Pope Urban VI
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Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
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Battle at Novara: King Louis XII beats duke Ludovico Sforza
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1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC"