1146
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Events

• Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy.
• The city of Bryansk is first mentioned in written records.
• The Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min conquers most of Morocco from the Almoravids.

Births

• Giraldus Cambrensis, Welsh clergyman and chronicler (approximate date; d. c. 1223)
• William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (d. 1219)

Deaths

• August 1 — Vsevolod II of Kiev
• August 8 — Eric III of Denmark
• September 14 — Zengi, ruler of Syria (assassinated) (b. 1087)