Jan 16 The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
May 27 Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death
Jul 4 Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death
Jul 25 Large fire in church of Saint Madeleine of Vézelay, France, kills a thousand pilgrims and seriously damages the church
Nov 25 'The White Ship' capsizes near the Normandy coast while crossing the English Channel transporting many nobles, including the heir to the English throne, from France to England; about 300 die, only 1 survivor
Nov 25 William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England (b. 1104), dies in White Ship tragedy trying to save his illegitimate half-sister Countess of Perche while crossing the English Channel