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| 1148 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1148 MCXLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1901 |
| Armenian calendar | 597 ԹՎ ՇՂԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5898 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1069–1070 |
| 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 (Fire Rabbit) 3845 or 3638 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3846 or 3639 |
| Coptic calendar | 864–865 |
| Discordian calendar | 2314 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1140–1141 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4908–4909 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1204–1205 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1069–1070 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4248–4249 |
| Holocene calendar | 11148 |
| Igbo calendar | 148–149 |
| Iranian calendar | 526–527 |
| Islamic calendar | 542–543 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyūan 4 (久安４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1054–1055 |
| Julian calendar | 1148 MCXLVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3481 |
| Minguo calendar | 764 before ROC 民前764年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −320 |
| Seleucid era | 1459/1460 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1690–1691 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1274 or 893 or 121 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1275 or 894 or 122 |
Year 1148 (MCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
Africa
- Taking advantage of internal strife and of a famine episod, George of Antioch takes Mahdia (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, Sijilmasa) under al-Massati, the population of Ceuta rebels against the Almohads.[3]
Asia
- Saif-ud-din of Ghor defeats Bahram Shah at the Battle of Ghazni.
- Siege of Damascus in the Second Crusade:
- June – The Second Crusade reaches Jerusalem. They meet at the Council of Acre and decide to attack Damascus.
- July 29 – The Siege of Damascus ends in failure for the Crusaders.
- Anna Komnene writes the Alexiad, a biography of her father, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
Europe
- King Afonso I of Portugal takes Abrantes from the Moors.
- December 30 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquers Tortosa from the Moors.[4]
Births
Deaths
- January 6 – Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100)
- January 8 – William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey
- April – Amadeus III, Count 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, Count of Toulouse (b. 1103)
References
- ^ Abulafia, David (1985). The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-416-6.
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.73
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.77
- ^ 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. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.