for December 1
EVENTS
1170:
Becket returns to Canterbury
After establishing an uneasy reconciliation with Henry II, the Archbishop returned to his See, ending a six-year-long self-imposed exile. But doom awaited at the end of the year.
WHO WAS BORN
1083:
Anna Comnena
WHO DIED
1135:
Henry I of England
Henry, the youngest son of William the Conqueror, was an able king who strengthened the monarch's executive position and ruled Normandy, as well.
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