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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1100s 1110s 1120s – 1130s – 1140s 1150s 1160s |
| Years: | 1134 1135 1136 – 1137 – 1138 1139 1140 |
| 1137 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1137 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1137 MCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1890 |
| Armenian calendar | 586 ԹՎ ՇՁԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -707 – -706 |
| Berber calendar | 2087 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1681 |
| Burmese calendar | 499 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6645 – 6646 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年十二月初八日 (3773/3833-12-8) — to —
丁巳年十一月十七日(3774/3834-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 853 – 854 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1129 – 1130 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4897 – 4898 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1192 – 1193 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1059 – 1060 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4238 – 4239 |
| Holocene calendar | 11137 |
| Iranian calendar | 515 – 516 |
| Islamic calendar | 531 – 532 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3470 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1680 |
[edit] Events
- Louis VII is crowned King of France. He subsequently marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X.
- Rochester Cathedral is severely damaged by a fire, but is soon rebuilt.
- In Song Dynasty China, a fire breaks out in the new capital of Hangzhou; the government suspends the requirement of rent payments, alms of 108,840 kg (120 tons) of rice are distributed to the poor, and items such as bamboo, planks, and rush-matting are exempt from government taxation.
- The Ethiopian Empire is established under the Zagwe dynasty.
[edit] Births
- Amalric I of Jerusalem
- Walter Map, Welsh historian (d. 1209)
[edit] Deaths
- March 8—Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (b. c. 1067)
- April 9—William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
- August 1—King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
- September 18—Eric II of Denmark
- April 19 – Michael Shin (a.d. early Korean dynasty)
- December—Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1075)
- Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine soldier (b. 1062)
- Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz
- Ramanuja, Indian philosopher (b. 1017)
- Pons of Tripoli, Count of Tripoli
- Antipope Gregory VIII
- Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd
- Sergius VII, Duke of Naples
