1120

1120 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1120; MCXX
Ab urbe condita	1873
Armenian calendar	569; ԹՎ ՇԿԹ
Assyrian calendar	5870
Balinese saka calendar	1041–1042
Bengali calendar	527
Berber calendar	2070
English Regnal year	20Hen. 1– 21Hen. 1
Buddhist calendar	1664
Burmese calendar	482
Byzantine calendar	6628–6629
Chinese calendar	Mình hợiNăm (EarthPig); 3817 or 3610; — to —; Canh tử năm (MetalRat); 3818 or 3611
Coptic calendar	836–837
Discordian calendar	2286
Ethiopian calendar	1112–1113
Hebrew calendar	4880–4881
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1176–1177
-Shaka Samvat	1041–1042
-Kali Yuga	4220–4221
Holocene calendar	11120
Igbo calendar	120–121
Iranian calendar	498–499
Islamic calendar	513–514
Japanese calendar	Gen'ei3 /Hōan1; ( bảo an nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1025–1026
Julian calendar	1120; MCXX
Korean calendar	3453
Minguo calendar	792 beforeROC; Dân trước 792 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	−348
Seleucid era	1431/1432AG
Thai solar calendar	1662–1663
Tibetan calendar	Âm thổ heo năm; (female Earth-Pig); 1246 or 865 or 93; — to —; Dương kim chuột năm; (male Iron-Rat); 1247 or 866 or 94

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century; 12th century; 13th century;
Decades:	1100s; 1110s; 1120s; 1130s; 1140s;
Years:	1117; 1118; 1119; 1120; 1121; 1122; 1123;

Year1120(MCXX) was aleap year starting on Thursday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

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]

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]

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.

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.

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]

Walcher of Malvern,an Englishastronomerandmathematician,creates a system of measurement for theEarthusing degrees, minutes and seconds oflatitudeandlongitude.

^Harry J. Magoulias (1984).O City of Byzantium, Annals of Niketas Choniates,p. 9. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.ISBN 978-0-8143-1764-8.
^Malcolm Barber (2012).The Crusader States,p. 131. Yale University Press.ISBN 978-0-300-11312-9.
^Steven Runciman (1952).A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem,p. 128.ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
^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.ISBN 0-231-11004-9.

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