1107
year
1107 (MCVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1107th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 107th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1100s decade. As of the start of 1107, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1070s 1080s 1090s – 1100s – 1110s 1120s 1130s |
| Years: | 1104 1105 1106 – 1107 – 1108 1109 1110 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1107 MCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1860 |
| Armenian calendar | 556 ԹՎ ՇԾԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5857 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1028–1029 |
| Bengali calendar | 514 |
| Berber calendar | 2057 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Hen. 1 – 8 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1651 |
| Burmese calendar | 469 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6615–6616 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3803 or 3743 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3804 or 3744 |
| Coptic calendar | 823–824 |
| Discordian calendar | 2273 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1099–1100 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4867–4868 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1163–1164 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1028–1029 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4207–4208 |
| Holocene calendar | 11107 |
| Igbo calendar | 107–108 |
| Iranian calendar | 485–486 |
| Islamic calendar | 500–501 |
| Japanese calendar | Kajō 2 (嘉承２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1012–1013 |
| Julian calendar | 1107 MCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3440 |
| Minguo calendar | 805 before ROC 民前805年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −361 |
| Seleucid era | 1418/1419 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1649–1650 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1233 or 852 or 80 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1234 or 853 or 81 |
Events
change- William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- Emperor Toba ascends the throne of Japan.
- Chinese money printed in 3 colours to stymie counterfeiting.
- Alexander I inherits the Scottish crown with the death of Edgar of Scotland.
- The highly cultivated emperor of China, Emperor Huizong of Song, writes his Treatise on Tea.
Births
change- June 12 — Emperor Gaozong of Song of China (d. 1187)
- Henry II of Austria (d. 1177)
Deaths
change- January 8 — King Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
- August 9 — Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079)
- Robert Fitzhamon, Lord of Gloucester
- Kilij Arslan I, Sultan of Rüm
- Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk
- Cheng Yi, Song Dynasty Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher (b. 1033)
- Mi Fu, Chinese poet, painter, and calligrapher (born 1051)