1148
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This article is about the year 1148.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1145 1146 1147 – 1148 – 1149 1150 1151 |
| 1148 by topic | |
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| 1148 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1148 MCXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1901 |
| Armenian calendar | 597 ԹՎ ՇՂԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5898 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -696–-695 |
| Bengali calendar | 555 |
| Berber calendar | 2098 |
| English Regnal year | 13 Ste. 1 – 14 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1692 |
| Burmese calendar | 510 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6656–6657 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁卯年十二月初八日 (3784/3844-12-8) — to —
戊辰年十一月十九日(3785/3845-11-19) |
| Coptic calendar | 864–865 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1140–1141 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4908–4909 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1204–1205 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1070–1071 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4249–4250 |
| Holocene calendar | 11148 |
| Iranian calendar | 526–527 |
| Islamic calendar | 542–543 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3481 |
| Minguo calendar | 764 before ROC 民前764年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1691 |
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Year 1148 (MCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] Africa
- Taking advantage of internal strife and of a famine episod, George of Antioch takes Mahdiya (June 22), Susa (July 1) and Sfax (July 12) in Tunisia in the name of Roger II of Sicily.[1]
- The Anglo-Flemish crusader fleet takes Oran.[2]
- Following the uprising of other cities of the region (Meknes, Sijilmassa) under al-Massati, the population of Ceuta rebels against the Almohads.[2]
[edit] Asia
- Siege of Damascus by the Second Crusade:
- June – The Second Crusade reaches Jerusalem. They meet at the Council of Acre and decide to attack Damascus.
- July – The Siege of Damascus ends in failure.
- Anna Comnena writes the Alexiad, which is a biography of her father, Emperor Alexius I.
[edit] Europe
- King Afonso I of Portugal takes Abrantes from the Moors.
- December 30 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquers Tortosa from the Moors.[3]
[edit] Births
- John of Brienne, king of Jerusalem and Latin Emperor of Constantinople (approximate date; d. 1237)
- Qiu Chuji, Chinese Taoist (d. 1227)
- Pope Honorius III (d. 1227)
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 – Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100)
- January 8 – William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey
- April – Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1095)
- August 21 – William II, Count of Nevers (b. c. 1089)
- September 17 – Conan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1070)
- November 2 – Saint Malachy (b. 1094)
- date unknown – Alphonse I of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse (b. 1103)
[edit] References
- ^ Abulafia, David (1985). The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0851154166. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4DZf-RBtZ7IC&pg=PA32&lpg=PA32&dq=Norman+crusaders+and+the+Catalan+reconquest:+Robert+Burdet+and+the+principality+of+Tarragona+1129-55&source=bl&ots=cZMDAs578x&sig=Zqnswn_kjGEIjfxLYW1Ouhchr3Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BwEAT_OKJtKg8gPMwI3MAQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ a b Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.73
- ^ 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.
