History
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General
Population: 338 Million*
- Deaths: Antipope Anacletus II
Europe
- General: David I of Scotland invades England on behalf of Matilda and is defeated at Battle of the Standards
- France: Pretended messiah appears in France and Persia
Louis VII marries Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Holy Roman Empire: Conrad III elected king – first of Hohendtaufen line
- Poland: Boleslav III of Poland dies – kingdom divided between five sons
Middle East
- Persia: Pretended messiah appears in France and Persia
- Syria: Earthquake in Syria kills 230,000 and estimated at 8.5 – amounts disputed