Jijel (modern Algeria). A Norman raid on Ceuta fails, but at the same time the Normans lead a successful assault against Sfax. By topic Religion September 23 – Pope Innocent II dies at Rome after a 13-year pontificate. He is succeeded by Celestine II as the 165th pope of the Catholic Church. Literature Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an for Peter the Venerable, Lex Mahumet pseudoprophete, into Latin. Births July 31 – Nijō, emperor of Japan (d. 1165) Balian of Ibelin, French nobleman (d. 1193) Beatrice I, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1184) Fujiwara no Motozane, Japanese waka poet (d. 1166) Jigten Sumgön, founder of the Drikung Kagyu (d. 1217) Konoe Motozane, Japanese nobleman (d. 1166) Mu'in al-Din Chishti, Persian preacher (d. 1236) Philip I (or Alsace), count of Flanders (d. 1191) Deaths January 12 – Leo of Constantinople, Byzantine patriarch January 26 – Ali ibn Yusuf, ruler of the Almoravids (b. 1084) February 6 – Hugh II of Burgundy, French nobleman (b. 1084) April 8 – John II (Komnenos), Byzantine emperor (b. 1087) April 18 – Gertrude, German duchess and regent (b. 1115) June 24 – Ermesinde, French noblewoman (b. 1080) August 2 – Muño Alfonso, Galician military leader September 23 – Innocent II, pope of the Catholic Church September 24 – Agnes, daughter of Henry IV (b. 1072) November 13 – Fulk (the Younger), king of Jerusalem December 24 – Miles of Gloucester, English nobleman Alexander of Telese, Italian chronicler and abbot Gilla Aenghus Ua Chlúmháin, Irish poet and writer Kogyo-Daishi, Japanese Buddhist priest (b. 1095) William of Malmesbury, English monk and historian Yelü Dashi, founder of the Qara Khitai (b. 1094) References