1143
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| 1143 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1143 MCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1896 |
| Armenian calendar | 592 ԹՎ ՇՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5893 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1064–1065 |
| Bengali calendar | 550 |
| Berber calendar | 2093 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Ste. 1 – 9 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1687 |
| Burmese calendar | 505 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6651–6652 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 3840 or 3633 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 3841 or 3634 |
| Coptic calendar | 859–860 |
| Discordian calendar | 2309 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1135–1136 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4903–4904 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1199–1200 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1064–1065 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4243–4244 |
| Holocene calendar | 11143 |
| Igbo calendar | 143–144 |
| Iranian calendar | 521–522 |
| Islamic calendar | 537–538 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōji 2 (康治２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1049–1050 |
| Julian calendar | 1143 MCXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3476 |
| Minguo calendar | 769 before ROC 民前769年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −325 |
| Seleucid era | 1454/1455 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1685–1686 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1269 or 888 or 116 — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1270 or 889 or 117 |
Year 1143 (MCXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- Jijel is taken by the Normans.[1]
- A Norman raid on Ceuta fails,[2] but at the same time the Normans lead a successful assault against Sfax.[3]
Asia
- December 25 – Baldwin III is crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.
Europe
- April 5 – Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
- July 1 – Battle of Wilton: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester defeats Stephen I of England at Wilton.
- September 26 – Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II, as the 165th pope.
- October 5 – Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of León as an independent kingdom, although it had already functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede in 1128.
- Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.
- The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.
- During the summer the people of Rome revolt against the authority of the Pope, and create a republican city-state comparable to that of the other Italian cities.
Births
- July 31 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
Deaths
- January – Patriarch Leo of Constantinople
- February – Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1084)
- April 8 – John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
- April 18 – Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, regent of Saxony (b. 1115)
- September 24
- Agnes of Germany, Austrian duchess, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
- Pope Innocent II
- November 13 – Fulk, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (b. c. 1089/1092)
- December 12 – Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)
- date unknown
- William of Malmesbury, English historian (b. 1080)
- Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (b. 1070)
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.71.
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
- ^ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2012.
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