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| 2nd millennium |
| Centuries |
| Decades |
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| 1140 by topic |
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| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| 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 | 546–547 |
| 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 | ས་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Earth-Sheep) 1266 or 885 or 113 — to — ལྕགས་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Iron-Monkey) 1267 or 886 or 114 |
Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Religion
- 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
- Gratian, an Italian monk and canon lawyer, founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani (approximate date).
Births
- 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
- January 12 – Louis I, German nobleman
- February 6 – Thurstan, archbishop of York
- February 14
- Leo I, prince of Armenia
- Soběslav I, duke of Bohemia
- April 7 – Aibert, French monk and hermit (b. 1060)
- August 21 – Yang Zaixing, Chinese general
- August 31 – Godebold, bishop of Meissen
- September 15 – Adelaide, duchess consort of Bohemia
- November 16 – Wulgrin II, count of Angoulême
- 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
- Approximate date – Honorius Augustodunensis, French theologian
References
- ^ 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.
