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Year1120(MCXX) was aleap year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]By place
[edit]Byzantine Empire
[edit]- Siege of Sozopolis:Byzantineforces under EmperorJohn II KomnenosconquerSozopolisinPisidia,from theSultanate of Rum.TheSeljukgarrison is defeated while they are trapped between the Byzantine cavalry and the army (who is besieging the fortress).[1]
Levant
[edit]- January 16–Council of Nablus:KingBaldwin IIand PatriarchWarmundconvenes an assembly atNablus– establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the CrusaderKingdom of Jerusalem.The prelates and noblemen who attend the meeting confirm the clergy's right to collect the tithe and to bear arms "in the cause of defense".[2]
- Baldwin II grants theKnights TemplarunderHugues de PayensandGodfrey de Saint-Omera headquarters in a wing of the royal palace on theTemple Mountin the capturedAl-Aqsa Mosquein theOld Cityof Jerusalem.
- Summer – Baldwin II leads a expedition toAntiochto defend the northernCrusader states.He signs a 1-year truce withIlghazi,Artuqidruler ofMardin,securing the possession ofKafartaband other fortresses inSyria.[3]
Europe
[edit]- June 17–Battle of Cutanda:The combined forces ofAragonandNavarreunder KingAlfonso the Battlercrush theAlmoravidarmy nearCalamocha.Alfonso recaptures the fortified towns ofCalatayudandDaroca.[4]
- The Almoravid fleet under Admirals Abu Abd Allah ibn Maymum ofAlmeria,and Isa ibn Maymum ofSevillaattacks the coastline of the ChristianKingdom of Galicia.[5][page needed]
- Freiburgis founded byConrad Iand his elder brother, DukeBerthold IIIofZähringen,as a free market town.
England
[edit]- KingHenry Igives a portion of theStoneleighestate (located inWarwickshire) toGeoffrey de Clinton,hischamberlainand treasurer. He builds amotte and bailey castleand forms a lake to provide better defences.
- November 25– TheWhite Shipis sunk in theEnglish Channel,offBarfleur.Henry I's only legitimate son,William Adelin,is among 300 (many of them Anglo-Norman nobility) who drown.
- ThePseudo-Ingulf'sCroyland ChroniclerecordsCornwall,as a nation distinct fromEngland.
Asia
[edit]- Fang La,a Chinese rebel leader, leads an uprising against theSong Dynastyin Qixian Village (modern-dayZhe gian g) in southeastChina.He raises an army and capturesHangzhou.
- August – September (the eighth month of theChinese calendar) –Wanyan Xiyin,aJurchennobleman and minister, completes the design of the first version of theJurchen script.
- The flourishing south Chinese coastal city ofQuanzhouclaims a population of 500,000 citizens, including the hinterland.[6]
By topic
[edit]Religion
[edit]- Order ofPremonstratensiansfounded byNorbert of XantenatPrémontréinPicardy.
- BishopUrbanbegins the construction onLlandaff CathedralinWales.
Science
[edit]- Walcher of Malvern,an Englishastronomerandmathematician,creates a system of measurement for theEarthusing degrees, minutes and seconds oflatitudeandlongitude.
Births
[edit]- Alfonso of Capua,Italo-Norman nobleman (d.1144)
- Arnold I of Vaucourt,archbishop ofTrier(d.1183)
- Frederick II of Berg,archbishop ofCologne(d.1158)
- Fujiwara no Yorinaga,Japanese statesman (d.1156)
- Gonçalo Mendes de Sousa,Portuguesenobleman(d.1190)
- Ioveta of Bethany,princess and daughter ofBaldwin II
- Jaksa Gryfita,Polish nobleman and knight (d.1176)
- Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon,Arab-Jewish translator
- Louis VII(le Jeune), king ofFrance(d.1180)
- Philip of Milly,French nobleman and knight (d.1171)
- Rainald of Dassel,archbishop ofCologne(d.1167)
- Roger de Mowbray,English nobleman (d.1188)
- Urban III,pope of theCatholic Church(d.1187)
- William I( "the Wicked" ), king ofSicily(d.1166)
- Zhao Boju,Chineselandscape painter(d.1182)
Deaths
[edit]- September 3–Blessed Gerard,founder of theKnights Hospitaller
- September 24–Welf II( "the Fat" ), duke ofBavaria(b.1072)
- November 25
- Matilda FitzRoy,countess and daughter ofHenry I
- Ralph of Pont-Echanfray,Norman knight (b.1070)
- Richard d'Avranches,2ndEarl of Chester(b.1094)
- William Adelin,duke and son of Henry I (b.1103)
- Adelaide,countess ofVermandoisandValois(or1124)
- Afridun I(the Martyr), ruler (shah) ofShirvan(b.1046)
- Eudo Dapifer(or FitzHerbert), Norman nobleman
- Fujiwara no Atsutaka,Japanese nobleman and poet
- Fujiwara no Sadazane,Japanesecalligrapher(b.1076)
- Ingegerd,queen ofDenmarkandSweden(b. 1046)
- Raymond Pilet d'Alès,French nobleman (b.1075)
References
[edit]- ^Harry J. Magoulias (1984).O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates,p. 9. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.ISBN978-0-8143-1764-8.
- ^Malcolm Barber (2012).The Crusader States,p. 131. Yale University Press.ISBN978-0-300-11312-9.
- ^Steven Runciman (1952).A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,p. 128.ISBN978-0-241-29876-3.
- ^Meynier, Gilbert (2010).L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518).Paris: La Découverte. p. 86.
- ^Picard, C. (1997).La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age.Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
- ^John S. Brown (2000).Colombia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture,p. 32.ISBN0-231-11004-9.