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This article is about the year 1118.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1080s 1090s 1100s – 1110s – 1120s 1130s 1140s |
| Years: | 1115 1116 1117 – 1118 – 1119 1120 1121 |
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| 1118 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1118 MCXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1871 |
| Armenian calendar | 567 ԹՎ ՇԿԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5868 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -726–-725 |
| Bengali calendar | 525 |
| Berber calendar | 2068 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 1 – 19 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1662 |
| Burmese calendar | 480 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6626–6627 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年十二月初八日 (3754/3814-12-8) — to —
戊戌年十一月十七日(3755/3815-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 834–835 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1110–1111 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4878–4879 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1174–1175 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1040–1041 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4219–4220 |
| Holocene calendar | 11118 |
| Iranian calendar | 496–497 |
| Islamic calendar | 511–512 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3451 |
| Minguo calendar | 794 before ROC 民前794年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1661 |
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Year 1118 (MCXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By place
[edit] Europe
[edit] British isles
- Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes King of Dublin.
- Cu Faifne mac Congalaig becomes King of Ui Failghe.
- Maelsechlainn Ua Faelain becomes King of the Déisi Muman.
- The cantrefs of Rhos and Rhufoniog are annexed by Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd.
- The Archbishop of York is no longer required to be crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- Reconstruction begins on Peterborough Cathedral, destroyed by fire in 1116.
[edit] Byzantine Empire
- John II Comnenus succeeds Alexius I as Byzantine emperor.
[edit] Eastern Europe
- Đorđe, Vojislavljević ruler of Serbia, is overthrown by Uroš I of Raška.
- George of Duklja is overthrown by his cousin Grubeša.
- Radostl becomes Bishop of Krakow.
- Zbraslav, now part of Prague, is founded.
- Sylvestr becomes bishop of Pereyaslavl Yuzhniy.
[edit] France
- A rebellion against Henry I of England breaks out in Normandy.
- Alberich of Rheims becomes Master at the school of Rheims.
- Charles I, Count of Flanders marries Margaret of Clermont.
- Amaury IV of Montfort divorces his wife Richilde, daughter of Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut.
- Wulgrin III becomes Count of Angoulême.
- Gervais becomes Count of Rethel.
- Montlhéry Castle is dismantled by Louis VI of France.
[edit] Germany
- Magdeburg is almost destroyed by fire.
- Reichenbach Abbey is founded.
- Zwickau, Eisenstadt, Kirchgandern, and Wolfenbüttel are first mentioned.
- Otto of Bamberg is suspended by the Pope, and Norbert of Xanten defends himself against charges of heresy at the Synod of Fritzlar.
[edit] Italy
- January 24 – Pope Gelasius II succeeds Pope Paschal II as the 161st pope.
- March 10 – Gregory VIII is elected antipope.
- The cathedral of Ferentino is completed.
- The restoration of Santa Maria in Cosmedin begins.
- The economic competition between Milan and Como drives the two cities to war.
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- Upon the death of his brother Philip, Inge the Younger becomes sole king of Sweden.
- Þorlákur Runólfsson becomes Bishop of Skálholt.
[edit] Spain
- The Almoravids loose their control of the Ebro valley:
- Pope Pelagius II grants the status of Crusade to the Christian effort in the Ebro valley attracting numerous Gascon, Occitan and Norman knights.[1]
- December 18 – Alfonso the Battler expels the Moors from Zaragoza.[2]
- The troops of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona led by archbishop Oleguer Bonestruga capture Tarragona from the Moors.[3]
[edit] Asia
[edit] East Asia
- The Genei era begins in Japan.
- The Zenghe era of Emperor Huizong of Song China ends, and the Chonghe era begins.
- The Yongning era of Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia ends.
[edit] Caucasus
- David IV of Georgia captures Lori from the Seljuk Turks.
- David IV of Georgia settles a number of Kipchaks in Georgia.
[edit] Western Asia
- June 11 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.
- The Byzantine general Philocales captures Sardis from the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem invades Egypt.
- Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I as king of Jerusalem.
- Roman of Le Puy becomes lord of Oultrejordain.
- Joscelin I succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg as Count of Edessa.
- Garmond of Picquigny becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- Suleyman I ibn al-Ghazi becomes emir of Aleppo.
- Ahmed Sanjar and Mahmud II proclaim themselves rival Seljuk sultans upon the death of Mehmed I of Great Seljuk.
- Al-Mustarshid becomes Abbasid caliph.
- Bahram Shah becomes Ghaznavid Emperor.
[edit] South Asia
- June 29 – Vikram Chola becomes regent of the Chola kingdom.
- Battle of Kennagal: The Hoysala Empire defeats the Chalukya.
[edit] Births
- November 28 – Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
- December 21 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)
- Gualdim Pais, Portuguese Grand-Master of the Templars (d. 1195)
- Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy
- Gertrude, daughter of Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor and wife of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
- Christina, daughter of Canute Lavard, wife of Magnus IV of Norway
- Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1185)
- Nur ad-Din Zangi, ruler of Syria (d. 1174)
- Ahmed ar-Rifa'i, founder of the Rifa'i Sufi order
- Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese general (d. 1181)
- Saigyo, Japanese poet
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 – Pope Paschal II
- April 2 – King Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- April 16 – Adelaide del Vasto, regent of Sicily, mother of Roger II of Sicily, queen of Baldwin I of Jerusalem
- May 1 – Edith of Scotland, queen of Henry I of England
- June 5 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
- July 7 – Florence of Worcester, long thought to be the author of the chronicle of John of Worcester
- August 15 – Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048)
- Gissur Ísleifsson, Bishop of Skálholt
- Muircheartach Ua Briain, High King of Ireland
- Domnall mac Muirchertaig ua Briain, King of Dublin
- Rogan mac Domnaill meic Conchobair, King of Ui Failghe
- Count William of Évreux
- William III, Count of Angoulême
- Lithuise of Blois
- Milo II, lord of Montlhéry
- Hugh I, Count of Rethel
- Gerberge I, Countess of Provence
- Philip Halstensson, king of Sweden since 1105
- Maur, Bishop of Kraków
- Basil the Physician, Bogomil leader
- Arnulf of Chocques, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
- Mehmed I of Great Seljuk, Seljuk sultan
- Al-Mustazhir, Abbasid caliph
- Arslan Shah, Ghaznavid Emperor
[edit] References
- ^ Stalls, Clay (1995). Possessing the land: Aragon's expansion into Islam's Ebro frontier under Alfonso the Battler, 1104-1134. Brill. p. viii. ISBN 9004103678. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p3YicOpi9esC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.86.
- ^ McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History 7 (1): 67–82. http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.uu.nl/science/article/pii/0304418181900361.
