69 the end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian became the fourth Emperor of Rome within a year.
882 Hincmar of Reims died. As archbishop of Reims, Hincmar was one of the most influential political and ecclesiastical figures of Carolingian Europe.
1118 Thomas A. Becket was born.
1140 Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg.
1163 A hurricane hit villages in Holland/Friesland, causing massive flooding.
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