by the Chinese painter Wang Ximeng, is finished. King Suryavarman II begins his reign as ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia). By topic Religion Bridlington Priory is founded in England, in the Diocese of York (approximate date). Births January 11 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist (d. 1170) August 24 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou ("the Fair") (d. 1151) Donnchad I, Earl of Fife (Duncan), Scottish nobleman (d. 1154) Frederick of Hallum, Frisian priest and abbot (d. 1175) Shams-ul-Mulk Isma'il, Seljuk governor (d. 1135) Shun'e (or Tayū no Kimi), Japanese poet (d. 1191) Stefan Nemanja, Grand Prince of Serbia (d. 1199) Walter de Clifford, English nobleman (d. 1190) Deaths January 5 – Ulrich I, Moravian ruler (House of Přemyslid) April 13 – Ida of Lorraine, French countess (b. 1040) April 16 – Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1050) August 4 – Gertrude of Saxony, countess of Holland October 2 – Mawdud ibn Altuntash, Turkic governor December 10 – Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan, Seljuk ruler Dharanindravarman I, king of the Khmer Empire Girard I (or Guinard), count of Roussillon (b. 1070) Ibn Tahir of Caesarea, Arab historian (b. 1056) Kyansittha, king of the Pagan Empire (or 1112) Liu, Chinese empress of the Song dynasty (b. 1079) Nestor the Chronicler, Russian historian (or 1114) Odo of Tournai, bishop of Cambrai (b. 1060) Syr ibn Abi Bakr, Almoravid military leader Wuyashu, chieftain of the Wanyan tribe (b. 1061) References