fail in Europe; one of the worst famines of the century ensues. Religion March 1 – Eugene III reissues the bull Quantum praedecessores (see 1145), proclaiming the Second Crusade. Births Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, Arab scholar and jurist (d. 1203) Abu Musa al-Jazuli, Almohad philologian and writer (d. 1211) Fujiwara no Ikushi, Japanese empress and nun (d. 1173) Gerald of Wales, Welsh clergyman and chronicler (d. 1223) Walram I, German nobleman (House of Nassau) (d. 1198) Deaths February 5 – Zafadola, Arab ruler of the Hudid Dynasty February 26 – Geoffrey de Gorham, Norman scholar April 14 – Gertrude of Sulzbach, German queen (b. 1110) June 1 – Ermengarde of Anjou, French duchess and regent August 1 – Vsevolod II, Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurik Dynasty) August 27 – Eric III, king of Denmark (House of Estridsen) September 14 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler of Syria September 15 – Alan (the Black), 1st Earl of Richmond Adam of Saint Victor, French Latin poet and composer Izz al-Din Husayn, Persian ruler of the Ghurid Dynasty Robert Pullen, English theologian (approximate date) Rodrigo Gómez, Castilian nobleman and military leader References