1135
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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1100s 1110s 1120s - 1130s - 1140s 1150s 1160s
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| Years: | 1132 1133 1134 - 1135 - 1136 1137 1138 |
[edit] Events
- January — Byland Abbey
founded.
- Stephen succeeds his uncle Henry I as king of England. Matilda, daughter of Henry I and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, opposes Stephen and claims the throne as her own.
- The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks ends.
- The first records of the Manor of Cramlington come into existence.
- The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary and St Chad founded by Roger de Clinton, bishop of Coventry (1129-48).
- A fire in London seriously damages St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge.
- Song Dynasty Chinese general Yue Fei defeats the rebel forces of Yang Yao by entangling his swift paddle-wheel ships with rotten logs and other debris precariously placed in the river. Yue Fei's forces easily boarded their ships and won a victory.
[edit] Births
- March 30 — Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (d. 1204)
- Petronila of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II of Aragon (d. 1174)
- Peter of Blois, French poet and diplomat (d. 1203)
- Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and theologian (d. 1201)
- Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (d. 1213)
- William of Newburgh, English historian and monk (d. 1198)
[edit] Deaths
- June 4 — Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
- December 1 — King Henry I of England
- Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
- Milarepa, Tibetan yogi and poet (b. 1052)
- Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1063)
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