1140
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1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1140th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 140th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 12th century, and the 1st year of the 1140s decade. As of the start of 1140, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
Years: | 1137 1138 1139 – 1140 – 1141 1142 1143 |
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 | 5 Ste. 1 – 6 Ste. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 1684 |
Burmese calendar | 502 |
Byzantine calendar | 6648–6649 |
Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3836 or 3776 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3837 or 3777 |
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 | Hōen 6 (保延6年) |
Javanese calendar | 1046–1047 |
Julian calendar | 1140 MCXL |
Korean calendar | 3473 |
Minguo calendar | 772 before ROC 民前772年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −328 |
Seleucid era | 1451/1452 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1682–1683 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1266 or 885 or 113 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1267 or 886 or 114 |
Events
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change- December 21 – Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg, the stronghold of Welfs.
- Henry Jasomirgott is made count palatine of the Rhine.
- The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by David I of Scotland.
- Marburg becomes a town.
- The Assizes of Ariano are enacted by Roger II of Sicily.
- Roger II of Sicily places the practice of medicine under royal control.
By topic
changeReligion
change- June 3 – Pierre Abelard is condemned for heresy by a church court in Sens, France.
- September 8 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi, having completed the Kuzari, arrives in Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
- The first Cistercian monastery in Spain is founded in Fitero.[1] The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.
- Camaldolite monk Gratian founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani.
Births
change- May 28 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
- Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (d. 1160)
Deaths
change- January 12 – Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia
- February 6 – Thurstan, Archbishop of York
- February 14
- November 15 – Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
- date unknown &ndahs; Kitti Sri Megha, Sri Lankan ruler