An earthquake shakes the Levant from Egypt to northern Iraq, causing severe damage in Palestine, Lebanon and western Syria, including the fortifications of the Crusader cities of Acre, Jaffa and Tyre. By topic Religion Spring – Pope Innocent III reasserts his right to evaluate and crown the Holy Roman Emperor, in a letter to Berthold V, duke of Zähringen. Rueda Abbey is founded by Cistercians at Sástago, in the Kingdom of Aragon (modern Spain). Births Alfonso of Molina, prince of León and Castile (d. 1272) Boniface II (the Giant), king of Thessalonica (d. 1253) Enni, Japanese Buddhist monk and teacher (d. 1280) Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, queen of Bohemia (d. 1248) Margaret of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (d. 1280) Matilda II of Boulogne, queen consort of Portugal (d. 1259) Mōri Suemitsu, Japanese nobleman and samurai (d. 1247) Qin Jiushao, Chinese mathematician and writer (d. 1261) Shi Tianze, Chinese general and prime minister (d. 1275) Deaths January 9 – Birger Brosa, Swedish nobleman and knight January 12 – Fujiwara no Tashi, Japanese empress (b. 1140) March 9 – Sverre Sigurdsson (or Sverrir), king of Norway March 13 – Mieszko III (the Old), duke of Poland (b. 1126) March 30 – Joachim of Fiore, Italian theologian (b. 1135) April 5 – Geoffrey III (or IV), French nobleman and knight May 7 – Hamelin de Warenne, Norman nobleman (b. 1130) May 10 – Mu'adzam Shah of Kedah, Malaysian sultan June 16 – Aymer (or Adhemar), count of Angoulême August 8 – Simon I, German nobleman and knight August 10 – Ulrich II, German nobleman and knight November 12 – Canute VI, king of Denmark (b. 1163) December 3 – Conrad of Querfurt, German bishop Alain de Lille, French theologian and writer (b. 1128) Albert of Chiatina, Italian archpriest and saint (b. 1135) André de Chauvigny (or Andrew), French knight (b. 1150) Bernard of Fézensaguet, French nobleman (b. 1155) Blondel de Nesle (or Jean I), French trouvère (b. 1155) Eugenius of Palermo, Italian admiral and poet (b. 1130) Geoffroy de Donjon, French Grand Master and knight Hammad al-Harrani, Ayyubid scholar, poet and traveler Jakuren, Japanese Buddhist priest and poet (b. 1139) Kojijū, Japanese noblewoman and waka poet (b. 1121) Minamoto no Yoshishige, Japanese samurai (b. 1135) Roger de Beaumont, English chancellor and bishop William of the White Hands, French cardinal (b. 1135) References