Events

• Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own
• Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr .
• The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks ends
• The first records of the Manor of Cramlington come into existence

Births

• March 30 - Maimonides, Jewish philosopher.
• Peter of Blois a French poet and diplomat
• William of Newburgh, an English historian and monk

Deaths

• December 1 - Henry I of England