October – Alexios II Komnenos is murdered, after a 3-year reign at Constantinople. Andronikos I, 64, is proclaimed emperor of the Byzantine Empire before the crowd on the terrace of the Church of Christ of the Chalke. He marries Alexios' widow, the 11-year-old Agnes of France, and makes a treaty with Venice in November in which he promised a yearly indemnity as compensation for Venetian losses during the Massacre of the Latins.[3]
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^Das, Deb K. (November 22, 2000). "1300 YEARS of Cricket: 700 to 2000 AD". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved June 26, 2019. Joseph of Exeter, in 1183, gives the first complete description of this co-ed community activity. A ball is thrown at (and hit by) a batter wielding a staff which looks like today's baseball bat...the batter protects a piece of wood, perhaps a log or tree-stump, resting on a gate-like stand(could this be the origin of the term "stumps" in modern cricket?)...fielders are positioned all around, squires in front of the "wicket" and serfs behind...... This sport has clearly been going on for some time, and Joseph of Exeter calls it a "merrye" weekend recreation.
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^Henderson, George (1961). "Giraldus Cambrensis". Archaeological Journal. 118 (1): 175–179. doi:10.1080/00665983.1961.10854192. In June 1183 the young king died, and Henry no longer had four sons
^Eastmond, Antony (September 1, 1994). "An Intentional Error? Imperial Art and "Mis"-Interpretation under Andronikos I Komnenos". The Art Bulletin. 76 (3): 502–510. doi:10.1080/00043079.1994.10786600. ISSN0004-3079. In 1183 Andronikos Komnenos became emperor of the Byzantine Empire by strangling his young predecessor, Alexios II.