1140

1140 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1140; MCXL
Ab urbe condita	1893
Armenian calendar	589; ԹՎ ՇՁԹ
Assyrian calendar	5890
Balinese saka calendar	1061–1062
Bengali calendar	547
Berber calendar	2090
English Regnal year	5Ste. 1– 6Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1684
Burmese calendar	502
Byzantine calendar	6648–6649
Chinese calendar	Kỷ vịNiên (EarthGoat); 3837 or 3630; — to —; Canh thân niên (MetalMonkey); 3838 or 3631
Coptic calendar	856–857
Discordian calendar	2306
Ethiopian calendar	1132–1133
Hebrew calendar	4900–4901
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1196–1197
-Shaka Samvat	1061–1062
-Kali Yuga	4240–4241
Holocene calendar	11140
Igbo calendar	140–141
Iranian calendar	518–519
Islamic calendar	534–535
Japanese calendar	Hōen6; ( bảo diên ６ niên )
Javanese calendar	1046–1047
Julian calendar	1140; MCXL
Korean calendar	3473
Minguo calendar	772 beforeROC; Dân tiền 772 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−328
Seleucid era	1451/1452AG
Thai solar calendar	1682–1683
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ dương niên; (female Earth-Goat); 1266 or 885 or 113; — to —; Dương kim hầu niên; (male Iron-Monkey); 1267 or 886 or 114

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century; 12th century; 13th century;
Decades:	1120s; 1130s; 1140s; 1150s; 1160s;
Years:	1137; 1138; 1139; 1140; 1141; 1142; 1143;

Year1140(MCXL) was aleap year starting on Monday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

Spring – KingFulk of JerusalemconfrontsImad al-Din Zengi,Seljuk ruler (atabeg) ofMosul,nearDara'ain southernSyria.^[1]Turkish forces underMu'in al-Din(supported by the Crusaders) besiegeBanias.

Spring – KingConrad IIIenfeoffsHenry II(Jasomirgott), a member of theHouse of Babenberg,with theCounty Palatine of the Rhine(belonging to theHoly Roman Empire).
Summer – KingRoger IIpromulgates theAssizes of Ariano(a series of laws to rule the NormanKingdom of Sicily) after the pacification of southernItaly.
December 21–Siege of Weinsberg:Conrad III captures the castle atWeinsbergduring the civil war between theStaufersand theWelfsinGermany.

Summer – KingStephenappointsGeoffrey de MandevilleasEarl of Essexfor his support during the civil war againstMatilda(Stephen's cousin).
The town ofLanarkinScotlandis made aRoyal Burghby KingDavid I,giving it merchant privileges relating to government andtaxation.

August 21–Jin–Song Wars–Battle of Yancheng:Chinese forces under the command ofYue Feidefeat a numerically superiorJinarmy led byWuzhu.

June 3–Pierre Abelard,a French theologian, is condemned forheresyby theCouncil of Sens.He sets out forRometo present his defense to PopeInnocent II.
September 8–Sephardi JewishphilosopherJudah Halevi,having completed theKuzari,arrives inAlexandriaon a pilgrimage toPalestine.
The firstCistercianmonastery inSpainis founded inFitero.^[2]The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.

Gratian,an Italian monk and canon lawyer, founds the science ofCanon lawwith the publication of theDecretum Gratiani(approximate date).

^David Nicolle (2009). Osprey: Campaign 204.The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus,p. 15.ISBN 978-184603-354-4.
^Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150".Transactions of the Royal Historical Society.5.37:31–47 [45].doi:10.2307/3679149.JSTOR 3679149.S2CID 154629568.

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