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| Gregorian calendar | 1137 MCXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1890 |
| Armenian calendar | 586 ԹՎ ՇՁԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5887 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1058–1059 |
| Bengali calendar | 544 |
| Berber calendar | 2087 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Ste. 1 – 3 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1681 |
| Burmese calendar | 499 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6645–6646 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3834 or 3627 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3835 or 3628 |
| Coptic calendar | 853–854 |
| Discordian calendar | 2303 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1129–1130 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4897–4898 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1193–1194 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1058–1059 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4237–4238 |
| Holocene calendar | 11137 |
| Igbo calendar | 137–138 |
| Iranian calendar | 515–516 |
| Islamic calendar | 531–532 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōen 3 (保延３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1043–1044 |
| Julian calendar | 1137 MCXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3470 |
| Minguo calendar | 775 before ROC 民前775年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −331 |
| Seleucid era | 1448/1449 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1679–1680 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火龙年 (male Fire-Dragon) 1263 or 882 or 110 — to — 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1264 or 883 or 111 |
Year 1137 (MCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The Ethiopian Empire is established, under the Zagwe Dynasty.
- In the first commercial treaty between the Almohads and a Christian power, Genoa obtains trading rights in the ports of North Africa.[1]
Asia
- 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 exempted from government taxation.
Europe
- March – Stephen of England fails in his attempt to re-capture the Duchy of Normandy, from Empress Matilda of England.[2]
- July 25 – Louis VII of France marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X, in Bordeaux Cathedral.
- August 1 – Louis succeeds as King of France, on the death of his father.
- A fleet of thirty-seven Almoravid ships attacks the coasts of southern Italy, under Norman rule.[1]
- Rochester Cathedral in England is severely damaged by a fire, and soon rebuilt.
Births
- Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria (d. 1193)[3]
- Amalric I of Jerusalem
- Agnes of Poland, Grand Princess consort of Kiev
- Walter Map, Welsh historian (d. 1209)[4]
Deaths
- March 8 – Adela of Normandy, countess consort and regent of Blois (b. c. 1067)
- April 9 – William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
- June 23 – Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz
- August 1 – King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
- September 18 – Eric II of Denmark
- October 30 – Sergius VII, Duke of Naples
- December 3 or 4 – Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1075)[5]
- date unknown
- Ramanuja, Indian philosopher (b. 1017)
- Pons, Count of Tripoli (b. c.1098)
- Antipope Gregory VIII
- Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd
- probable – Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, Byzantine soldier (b. 1062)
References
- ^ a b Picard 1997.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 61–63. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "Decameron Web | History". www.brown.edu. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
- ^ Ashley, Leonard (2013). The Complete Book of Vampires. Souvenir Press. p. 71. ISBN 9780285642270.
- ^ "Lothar II (or III) | Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
Sources
- Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'occident au Moyen Âge, VIIIe-XIIIe siècle (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. ISBN 978-2130488101.
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