August 3 –
Emperor Nijō of
Japan abdicates the throne, dying soon after following a 7-year reign. He is succeeded by his 1-year-old son
Rokujō as 79th emperor.
Eskil, Danish archbishop of
Lund, appoints
Fulco as the first Bishop of Estonia, marking the early beginning of the introduction of
Christianity to the country. He will visit
Estonia for the first time in
1169 or
1170.
The construction of
Liuhe Pagoda ("Six Harmonies Pagoda") in
Hangzhou is completed in Song dynasty China.
^Vallvé Bermejo, Joaquín (1972). "La división territorial en la España musulmana (II): la cora de "Tudmīr" (Murcia)". Al-Andalus, p. 171.
^Shatzmiller, Joseph (1998). "Jews, Pilgrimage, and the Christian Cult of Saints: Benjamin of Tudela and his Contemporaries", p. 338.
ISBN978-0-8020-0779-7.
August 3 –
Emperor Nijō of
Japan abdicates the throne, dying soon after following a 7-year reign. He is succeeded by his 1-year-old son
Rokujō as 79th emperor.
Eskil, Danish archbishop of
Lund, appoints
Fulco as the first Bishop of Estonia, marking the early beginning of the introduction of
Christianity to the country. He will visit
Estonia for the first time in
1169 or
1170.
The construction of
Liuhe Pagoda ("Six Harmonies Pagoda") in
Hangzhou is completed in Song dynasty China.
^Vallvé Bermejo, Joaquín (1972). "La división territorial en la España musulmana (II): la cora de "Tudmīr" (Murcia)". Al-Andalus, p. 171.
^Shatzmiller, Joseph (1998). "Jews, Pilgrimage, and the Christian Cult of Saints: Benjamin of Tudela and his Contemporaries", p. 338.
ISBN978-0-8020-0779-7.