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  • December 22 - Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph orders the city set afire. The city burns for 54 days.
  • Prince Richard of England becomes duke of Aquitaine.He later becomes King Richard I of England.
  • Emperor Takakura ascends to the throne of Japan
  • King Valdemar I of Denmark conquers Arkona on the Island of Rügen, the strongest pagan fortress and temple in Northern Europe.

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