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1118 CE

Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks. Pisa Cathedral in the March of Tuscany is consecrated by Pope Gelasius II. Alfonso the Battler expels the Moors from Zaragoza. The Aragonese reconquer many of the valleys of the Jalón and the Jiloca.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • December 18 – Alfonso the Battler expels the Moors from Zaragoza. The Aragonese reconquer many of the valleys of the Jalón and the Jiloca.source
  • Gervais becomes Count of Rethel.source
  • Peace between England and Flanders is agreed upon.source
  • Wulgrin III becomes Count of Angoulême.source
  • The Genei era begins in Japan.source
  • Maelsechlainn Ua Faelain becomes King of the Déisi Muman in Ireland.source
  • The cantrefs of Rhos and Rhufoniog are annexed by Gruffudd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd in Wales.source
  • Cu Faifne mac Congalaig becomes King of Uí Failghe in Ireland.source
  • Roman of Le Puy becomes lord of Oultrejordain.source
  • Joscelin I succeeds Baldwin of Le Bourg, as Count of Edessa.source
  • Alberich of Rheims becomes Master at the school of Rheims.source

Conflict & Security

  • June 11 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.source
  • A rebellion against Henry I of England breaks out in Normandy.source
  • Battle of Kennagal: The Hoysala Empire defeats the Chalukyasource
  • Bahram Shah becomes Ghaznavid Emperor.source
  • George I of Duklja is overthrown by his cousin Grubeša.source
  • The Almoravids lose their control of the Ebro valley:source
  • Đorđe Vojislavljević ruler of Serbia, is overthrown by Uroš I of Raška.source
  • The Zenghe era of Emperor Huizong of Song China ends, and the Chonghe era begins.source
  • Baldwin of Le Bourg succeeds his cousin Baldwin I, as King of Jerusalem.source
  • The Yongning era of Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia ends.source
  • Montlhéry Castle is dismantled by Louis VI of France.source
  • The economic competition between Milan and Como drives the two cities to war.source
  • Suleyman I ibn al-Ghazi becomes emir of Aleppo.source
  • The Byzantine general Philocales captures Sardis, from the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • David IV of Georgia settles a number of Kipchaks in Georgia.source

Religion & Belief

  • January 24 – Pope Gelasius II succeeds Pope Paschal II as the 161st pope.source
  • March 10 – Gregory VIII is elected antipope.source
  • September 26 – Pisa Cathedral in the March of Tuscany is consecrated by Pope Gelasius II.source
  • The troops of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, led by archbishop Oleguer Bonestruga, capture Tarragona from the Moors.source
  • Þorlákur Runólfsson becomes Bishop of Skálholt.source
  • Sylvester of Kiev becomes bishop of Pereiaslav.source
  • Amaury IV de Montfort divorces his wife Richilde, daughter of Baldwin II of Hainaut.source
  • Al-Mustarshid becomes Abbasid caliph.source
  • The restoration of Santa Maria in Cosmedin begins.source
  • Knights Templar were founded in Jerusalemsource
  • Radostl becomes Bishop of Krakow.source
  • Pope Gelasius II grants the status of Crusade to the Christian effort in the Ebro Valley, attracting numerous Gascon, Occitan and Norman knights.source
  • Reconstruction begins on Peterborough Cathedral in England, destroyed by fire in 1116.source
  • Otto of Bamberg is suspended by the Pope, and Norbert of Xanten defends himself against charges of heresy, at the Synod of Fritzlar.source
  • The Archbishop of York is no longer required to be crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.source
  • Garmond of Picquigny becomes Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem.source

Economy & Finance

  • Zbraslav, now part of Prague, is founded.source

Technology & Infrastructure

  • Zwickau, Eisenstadt, Kirchgandern, and Wolfenbüttel are first mentioned.source

Crime & Justice

  • David IV of Georgia captures Lori from the Seljuk Turks.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • Magdeburg is almost destroyed by fire.source

Culture & Society

  • June 29 – Vikram Chola becomes regent of the Chola kingdom.source
  • Peter Abelard and Héloïse d'Argenteuil have a child and marry secretly in Paris. Her uncle Fulbert has Abelard castrated, and both Abelard and Héloïse enter religious orders.source
  • Enna mac Donnchada mac Murchada becomes King of Dublin in Ireland.source
  • Charles I, Count of Flanders marries Margaret of Clermont.source

Births

  • November 28 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1180)source
  • Hartwig of Stade, archbishop of Bremen (d. 1168)source
  • Narathu, Burmese ruler of the Pagan Kingdom (d. 1171)source
  • Nur ad-Din, Seljuk ruler of Damascus and Aleppo (d. 1174)source
  • Saigyō Hōshi, Japanese poet and writer (d. 1190)source
  • Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1185)source
  • Vakhtang (or Tsuata), Georgian nobleman (d. 1138)source
  • Gualdim Pais, Portuguese knight and Grand Master (d. 1195)source
  • Christina of Denmark, queen of Norway (approximate date)source
  • Ahmad al-Rifa'i, Arab founder of the Rifa'i Sufi Ordersource
  • Roger III, Norman duke of Apulia and Calabria (d. 1148)source
  • Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese military leader (d. 1181)source
  • Roger of Worcester, English bishop (approximate date)source
  • Odo II, French nobleman (House of Burgundy) (d. 1162)source

Deaths

  • January 21 – Paschal II, pope of the Catholic Churchsource
  • April 16 – Adelaide del Vasto, countess of Sicilysource
  • April 16 – William d'Évreux, Norman noblemansource
  • May 1 – Matilda of Scotland, queen of England (b. c.1080)source
  • June 5 – Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicestersource
  • July 3 – Raymond of Toulouse, French chantersource
  • August 6 – Al-Mustazhir, Abbasid caliph (b. 1078)source
  • August 15 – Emperor Alexios I Komnenos dies after a 37-year reign, in which he has regained control over western Anatolia (modern Turkey). He stabilizes his frontiers against the wars with the Normans in the western Balkans, and the Seljuk Turks in the East. Alexios is succeeded by his 30-year-old son, John II Komnenos (the Good), as ruler of the Byzantine Empire.source
  • November 28 – Philippa, French noblewomansource
  • Ruaidrí na Saide Buide, king of Connachtsource
  • Al-Tighnari, Arab botanist and physician (b. 1073)source
  • Ahmed Sanjar and Mahmud II proclaim themselves rival Seljuk sultans, upon the death of Mehmed I of Great Seljuk.source
  • Furong Daokai, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 1043)source
  • Philip, king of Sweden (House of Stenkil)source