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    Spring King were a four-piece English garage rock band from Macclesfield, who played at SXSW in 2015. They are "a small-scale, art-pop-punk project based...
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    1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. SpringKing Fulk of Jerusalem confronts Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler (atabeg)...
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    Burgundy). The youngest, Charles, receives Lower Burgundy and Provence. SpringKing Æthelwulf of Wessex decides to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, accompanied...
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    Pechenegs are butchered so savagely, that this people is almost wiped out. SpringKing Stephen II, the last member of the Trpimirović dynasty, dies without...
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    Sicily, and establishes naval superiority in the Western Mediterranean. SpringKing Lothair III exploits the succession crisis in Flanders and captures...
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    succeeds his father Urien, as Brythonic king of Rheged in Northern England (approximate date). SpringKing Hormizd IV dismisses Bahrām Chobin as commander...
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    (MCLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. SpringKing Baldwin III and his mother, Queen Melisende, are called to intervene...
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    the late King Magnus Barefoot. He is succeeded by his sons Inge I ("the Hunchback) and his 3-year-old half-brother Sigurd II. SpringKing David I of...
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    (under Al-Hasan ibn Ammar) manage to defeat the Byzantine relief force. SpringKing Adalbert II returns to the mainland of Italy, and occupies the environs...
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    of 37 ships attack the coasts of southern Italy, under Norman rule. SpringKing Stephen sails to Normandy to confront Geoffrey V (the Fair) and the...
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    calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. SpringKing Chlothar III of Neustria and Burgundy dies after a reign of 16 years...
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    (CMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. SpringKing Otto III starts his first expedition to Italy from Regensburg, and proceeds...
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    against the Normans; King Roger II sends a fleet (some 40 ships) under George of Antioch, to pillage the suburbs of Constantinople. Spring – Nur al-Din, Seljuk...
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    Abu Firas, who had been previously held prisoner by the Byzantines. SpringKing Lothair III marries Princess Emma of Italy (the only daughter of Adelaide...
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    by renouncing his allegiance to the Knights Hospitaller. SpringKing Robert the Bruce, King of Scots crosses with a small force (some 600 men) from the...
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    negotiations continue with Alexios Angelos. SpringKing Philip II of France ("Augustus") summons John, King of England ("Lackland") to Paris to answer...
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    to fall is Termez (captured after a two-day siege) and later Balkh. SpringKing Henry III makes large alterations to the Tower of London including new...
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  • (MCVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. SpringKing Sigurd I sails from England, on the Norwegian Crusade to Palestine....
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    (DCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. SpringKing Lambert II travels to Rome with his mother, Queen Ageltrude and brother...
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    is taken by Grand Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky to Vladimir from Suzdal. SpringKing Henry II has the Palace of Westminster (which is badly damaged by Stephen's...
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    the return of Cilicia to his principality and invades the province. SpringKing Conrad III gives Bavaria to his half-brother Henry II (Jasomirgott)...
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    (CMV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. SpringKing Berengar I of Italy arranges a truce with the Hungarians, on payment...
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    countryside. SpringKing Arnulf of Carinthia invades Italy at the head of an East Frankish expeditionary army, joining up with the deposed king Berengar...
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  • 70th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1070s decade. SpringKing Sweyn II of Denmark joins rebels in England led by Hereward the Wake...
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    to Bohemond I) further east – occupying Tarsus, Adana and Mamistra. SpringKing Baldwin I concludes an alliance with the Genoese fleet, offering them...
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  • "Strawberry Spring" is a horror short story by Stephen King. It was originally published in the Fall 1968 issue of Ubris magazine, then republished in...
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    in the chronicles, making them two of the oldest cities in Belarus. SpringKing William I (the Conqueror) returns to Normandy and takes with him Edgar...
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    Boletus rex-veris, commonly known as the spring king bolete, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Boletus found in western North America. The large...
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    These Corteses are considered to be the first parliament in Europe. SpringKing Henry II and Philip II (Augustus) meet at Le Mans, with Archbishop Josias...
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    the king's court in Luoyi. The gradual Partition of Jin, one of the most powerful states, is generally considered to mark the end of the Spring and Autumn...
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