1140
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Art and literature |
1140 in poetry |
Gregorian calendar | 1140 MCXL |
Ab urbe condita | 1893 |
Armenian calendar | 589 ԹՎ ՇՁԹ |
Assyrian calendar | 5890 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1061–1062 |
Bengali calendar | 547 |
Berber calendar | 2090 |
English Regnal year | 5 Ste. 1 – 6 Ste. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 1684 |
Burmese calendar | 502 |
Byzantine calendar | 6648–6649 |
Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3837 or 3630 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3838 or 3631 |
Coptic calendar | 856–857 |
Discordian calendar | 2306 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1132–1133 |
Hebrew calendar | 4900–4901 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1196–1197 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1061–1062 |
- Kali Yuga | 4240–4241 |
Holocene calendar | 11140 |
Igbo calendar | 140–141 |
Iranian calendar | 518–519 |
Islamic calendar | 534–535 |
Japanese calendar | Hōen 6 (保延6年) |
Javanese calendar | 1046–1047 |
Julian calendar | 1140 MCXL |
Korean calendar | 3473 |
Minguo calendar | 772 before ROC 民前772年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −328 |
Seleucid era | 1451/1452 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1682–1683 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1266 or 885 or 113 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1267 or 886 or 114 |
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Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Levant
[edit]- Spring – King Fulk of Jerusalem confronts Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Mosul, near Dara'a in southern Syria.[1] Turkish forces under Mu'in al-Din (supported by the Crusaders) besiege Banias.
Europe
[edit]- Spring – King Conrad III enfeoffs Henry II (Jasomirgott), a member of the House of Babenberg, with the County Palatine of the Rhine (belonging to the Holy Roman Empire).
- Summer – King Roger II promulgates the Assizes of Ariano (a series of laws to rule the Norman Kingdom of Sicily) after the pacification of southern Italy.
- December 21 – Siege of Weinsberg: Conrad III captures the castle at Weinsberg during the civil war between the Staufers and the Welfs in Germany.
England and Scotland
[edit]- Summer – King Stephen appoints Geoffrey de Mandeville as Earl of Essex for his support during the civil war against Matilda (Stephen's cousin).
- The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by King David I, giving it merchant privileges relating to government and taxation.
Asia
[edit]- August 21 – Jin–Song Wars – Battle of Yancheng: Chinese forces under the command of Yue Fei defeat a numerically superior Jin army led by Wuzhu.
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- June 3 – Pierre Abelard, a French theologian, is condemned for heresy by the Council of Sens. He sets out for Rome to present his defense to Pope Innocent II.
- September 8 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi, having completed the Kuzari, arrives in Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
- The first Cistercian monastery in Spain is founded in Fitero.[2] The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.
Literature
[edit]- Gratian, an Italian monk and canon lawyer, founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani (approximate date).
Births
[edit]- May 28 – Xin Qiji, Chinese military leader (d. 1207)
- Adela of Champagne, queen of France (d. 1206)
- Alan Fitz Walter, Scottish High Steward (d. 1204)
- Cadfan ap Cadwaladr, Welsh nobleman (d. 1215)
- Davyd Rostislavich, Kievan Grand Prince (d. 1197)
- Domhnall Caomhánach, king of Leinster (d. 1175)
- Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi, German rabbi (d. 1225)
- Fujiwara no Tashi, Japanese empress (d. 1202)
- Gerard de Ridefort, Flemish Grand Master (d. 1189)
- Hedwig, margravine of Meissen (approximate date)
- Hugh de Paduinan, Norman nobleman (d. 1189)
- John I, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
- John I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
- John of Ford, English Cistercian abbot (d. 1224)
- Manfred II, marquess of Saluzzo (approximate date)
- Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese nobleman (d. 1160)
- Peter Waldo, French spiritual leader (d. 1205)
- Raymond III, crusader and count of Tripoli (d. 1187)
- Raymond the Palmer, Italian pilgrim (d. 1200)
- Simon II, duke of Lorraine (approximate date)
- Sophia of Minsk, queen of Denmark (d. 1198)
- Walter Map, Welsh clergyman and writer (d. 1210)
- William FitzRalph, English High Sheriff (d. 1200)
- Yuan Cai, Chinese scholar and official (d. 1195)
Deaths
[edit]- January 12 – Louis I, German nobleman
- February 6 – Thurstan, archbishop of York
- February 14
- Leo I, prince of Armenia
- Soběslav I, duke of Bohemia
- August 21 – Yang Zaixing, Chinese general
- August 31 – Godebold, bishop of Meissen
- September 15 – Adelaide, duchess of Bohemia
- November 16 – Wulgrin II, count of Angoulême
- Aibert, French monk and hermit (b. 1060)
- Baldwin of Rieti, Italian Benedictine abbot
- Diego Gelmírez, Galician archbishop (b. 1069)
- Gaucherius, French priest and hermit (b. 1060)
- Hugh the Chanter, English historian and writer
- Kumarapala, Indian ruler of the Pala Empire
- Lhachen Naglug, Indian ruler of Ladakh (b. 1110)
- Li Gang, Chinese Grand Chancellor (b. 1083)
- Toba Sōjō, Japanese artist-monk (b. 1053)
- Wanyan Xiyin, Chinese chief adviser
References
[edit]- ^ David Nicolle (2009). Osprey: Campaign 204. The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus, p. 15. ISBN 978-184603-354-4.
- ^ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47 [45]. doi:10.2307/3679149. JSTOR 3679149. S2CID 154629568.