Certainty: 2 Incestuous affair between Andronikos (I) & Eudokia, daughter of the sebastokratorissa.
Certainty: 2 Andronikos (I) offered territory to Geza II in return for for help in rebellon against Manuel.
Certainty: 2 Manuel marched out & made Pelagonia his base of operations.
Certainty: 2 Georgios Tornikes wrote to Andronikos (I) at Branicevo in favour of his brother Demetrios. The future emperor Andronikos (I) was at Branicevo. There he received a letter from Georgios Tornikes, associated with his brother Leon Tornikes, in favour of a third brother Demetrios Tornikes, who was at the time in Branicevo. The letter asked Andronikos to continue his generous support of Demetrios
Certainty: 2 Andronikos (I) escaped, though surrounded in a tent by realtives of his mistress Eudokia.
Certainty: 2 Death of Theodotos II the patriarch.
Certainty: 2 Georgios Tornikes wrote to the metropolitan of Athens when the patriarchate was vacant. Georgios Tornikes wrote to recommend son of a priest in Athens to Georgios, metropolitan of Athens. In the capital, since Theodotos II died, the patriarchate too was dead, an organism without a head; but anonymous libels were flying. He ended the letter with mention of his cousin Euthymios and his brother Leon
Certainty: 2 Andronikos (I) made two unsuccessful attempts to murder Manuel at Pelagonia.
Certainty: 2 Ioannes the protosebastos, gored by a boar, was treated by Manuel but obsessively hated by Andronikos.
Certainty: 2 Andronikos (I) was sent back to Constantinople & imprisoned in the palace.
Certainty: 2 On death of Anar, Nur al-Din attacked & took Damascus. Nur al-Din heard of the death of Anar of Damascus, who had often thwarted his pland in the past. He also saw that Baldwin III and the leaders of Jerusalem had long been involved in the siege of Askalon, and calculated that they would not give up the siege to help the people of Damascus if they demanded their aid against him. He saw the opportunity and seized it, moving with great force to make a violent occupation of Damascus; but the people received him favourably and willingly surrendered, so he removed their king from power and drove him into exile in the east. This was a negative development for Jerusalem, consolidating the power of their enemies. After taking Damascus, he would later attack Banyas, trying to help Askalon from a distance; but neither of his plans succeeded: he failed to take Banyas, and also failed to stop the capture of Askalon [Askalon was probably captured before the attack on Banyas, so the motive given here is unlikely]
Certainty: 2 Tzetzes wrote twice to Theodoros Kamateros, asking for the return of (a book?) & complaining of sickness.
Certainty: 2 Tzetzes apologised to the sons of Kamateros for criticising hexameters of one Gregorios, presented to him anonymously.
Certainty: 2 Tzetzes sent verses of his own to the sons of Kamateros, to make up for criticisms mentioned in a past letter.
Certainty: 2 Tzetzes apologised to Ioannes Radenos for the brevity of his letter, due to sickness.
Certainty: 2 Further periods of strife in Egypt.
Certainty: 2 Georgios Tornikes wrote three letters to Ioannes Kamateros. Of the three letters sent by Georgios Tornikes to Ioannes Kamateros, the first recommended to him an uncle of Georgios' who was also a relation of archbishop Theophylaktos of Bulgaria, the inspiration of Ioannes' father Gregorios Kamateros: Ioannes should keep the man (who was the letter-carrier) in the job he already held. The second letter tactfully probed a problem, that Georgios had heard of a reported remark of Ioannes which seemed not supportive of himself. The third letter again asked for help for the relative who brought the letter. This time it was a brother, perhaps Leon but more likely another brother not otherwise known. In the third letter Georgios lamented that his own career was at a standstill
Certainty: 2 Death of Roger II of Sicily: friendly overtures to Manuel from his successor, William I, were rejected. At the death of Roger II of Sicily, some Sicilian bishops were sent to make friendly overtures to Manuel I on behalf of Roger's successor, William I. They offered to return all the prisoners and booty from his father Roger's raid on Greece during the Second Crusade. Not only did Manuel I reject this, but he took aggressive action: he sent part of the fleet under Konstantinos Angelos to Monemvasia, to await the rest
Certainty: 2 Konstantinos Angelos attacked a Sicilian fleet against Manuel's orders & was defeated.
Certainty: 2 Manuel, asked to adjudicate, chose Ouresis over Dese to rule Serbia.
Certainty: 3 Usama, fleeing Egypt with 'Abbas, was attacked by Franks at al-Muwaylih.
Certainty: 3 Usama, fleeing Egypt, was only just saved from Arabs in Wadi Musa.
Certainty: 2 Usama's family captured & robbed while passing Acre. Nur al-Din asked for and received a safe-conduct from Baldwin III of Jerusalem for Usama b. Munqidh's wives and children to join him from Egypt. They left Egypt on a Frankish ship, but as they were approaching Acre they were assaulted and their possessions stolen by Franks (including money, jewelry and a huge library). The raid was ordered by Baldwin III in person. A member of Usama's retinue swam to shore and showed the king the safe-conduct with his own authorisation, but he refused to stop the robbery. He told the man that this was the way with Muslims. Fortunately they were set free, but with only 500 dinars for the whole party
Certainty: 3 Usama safely reached Damascus.
Certainty: 2 Georgios Tornikes wrote to the metropolitan of Athens over accusations of Bogomilism. The hand of the patriarch Theodotos II, as he died, became black, as observed by the metropolitans of Side and Herakleia and Roides, the ex-archbishop of Cyprus. On their witness, Soterichos Panteugenes six months later accused Theodotos of Bogomilism, claiming the noble experience of one who had dug up many Bogomil tombs. He extended the charge (which he had been planning for six months since the death of Theodotos) to Georgios Tornikes and the metropolitan of Athens, unrestrained by threats of the power of the latter and his brothers. He destabilised the patriarchate and made the clergy refuse to pay Theodotos' funeral expenses. In a letter on the subject Tornikes wrote that it would damage the reputation of all involved, and would anger Tzocharas. However Phournes and the metropolitan of Russia had spoken in favour of Soterichos. At the end of the letter Tornikes sent regards to friends in Athens, especially to Markos and to Ioannes, nephew of the metropolitan of Arta, whilst passing on regards from others in Constantinople, particularly his brother Demetrios
Certainty: 2 Geza II, before hearing of Andronikos' imprisonment, attacked Branicevo with many allies.
Certainty: 2 Manuel sent Basileios Tzinziloukes & rebel Istvan (III) of Hungary against a Bosnian ally of Hungary.
Certainty: 2 Tzinziloukes & Istvan, by mistake, attacked the main Hungarian army & were nearly wiped out.
Certainty: 2 Ioannes Kantakouzenos rallied the remnants of the Byzantine army & restored order in Belgrade.
Certainty: 2 Georgios Tornikes wrote to the metropolitan of Athens under a new patriarch. In a letter to Georgios, metropolitan of Athens, Tornikes was plainly approaching a crisis (episcopal elections?) and wary of the attitude of Konstantinos Chliarenos, the new patriarch, to whom his access was restricted. Konstantinos' hostility to Georgios the metropolitan and his clan had already been shown in ways of which Georgios did not need to be reminded. Tornikes hoped that this animosity did not extend to him, in view of the upcoming crisis. He finally thanked his correspondent for tactful treatment of his brother Leon
Certainty: 3 Exchange of properties on Athos between Lavra & Philotheou. Eighteen monks from the Athos monastery of Philotheou asked Nikephoros, hegoumenos of Lavra and protos of Athos, to approve the exchange of a property at Kalyka (where Lavra owned a metochion), too distant from Philotheou and threatened by pirates, with the nearby Lavra property of Chaldou. When Nikephoros accepted the proposal, Hilarion, an Athonite monk & scribe, wrote and signed a document confirming the exchange. This document was also signed by the abovementioned monks from Philotheou, together with Nikephoros and five hegoumenoi of different Athonite houses
Certainty: 1 Georgios Tornikes wrote to the protos of Mt Ganos about attacks on his monastery. Unnamed persons in Constantinople were working against the protos of Mt Ganos, by seeking to divide from him his able collaborator Paulos, kathegoumenos of a monastery on the mountain. They had succeeded in delaying Paulos in the capital. Tornikes wrote to the protos urging stiff resistance, together with Paulos and Habakkuk [if that is not another way of referring to Paulos]
Certainty: 1 Georgios Tornikes wrote an encomium to Anna Komnene, some time after her death.
Certainty: 1 Tzetzes wrote again to Georgios Kladon, now crushed by many misfortunes.
Certainty: 0 Death of Konstantinos Kamytzes.
Certainty: 1 Radulf, once royal chancellor in Jerusalem, appointed bishop of Bethlehem. Long after his election as archbishop of Tyre was declared null and void, Radulf, once the royal chancellor, was promoted by his English compatriot Adrian IV. He was made bishop of Bethlehem
Certainty: 2 Death of unidentified Komnenos Doukas.