1127

Year 1127 (MCXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 11th century12th century13th century
Decades: 1090s  1100s  1110s 1120s 1130s  1140s  1150s
Years: 1124 1125 112611271128 1129 1130
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Events

Asia

  • January 9 Jurchen forces sack the Song Chinese capital of Kaifeng (the Jingkang Incident, 靖康事變), and begin more than a century of political division between northern and southern China.

Europe

  • Conrad III establishes the Hohenstaufen dynasty when he is crowned antiking to the Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair II.
  • The first coalition of the Norman princes against Roger II of Sicily is formed. The same year, Roger regains control over Malta after a rebellion.[1] To guaranty the security of the seas, the king also establishes a pact with the maritime republic of Savona,[2] probably following an Almoravid raid against his realm.[3]
  • Count Charles the Good of Flanders is assassinated.
  • First mention of the consuls in Brescia, indicating that the city has become an independent commune.
  • The commune of Milan conquers the neighboring city of Como.

Arts

Births

  • October 18 Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1191)
  • November 27 Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
  • Constance of Antioch (d. 1163), the Princess regnant of the principality of Antioch
  • Yang Wanli, Chinese poet (d. 1206)

Deaths

  • probable Fulcher of Chartres, French chronicler (b. c. 1059)
  • Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin, abbot of Clonmacnoise [4]

References

  1. Abulafia, David (1985). The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-416-6.
  2. Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Johns, Jeremy (2002). Arabic administration in Norman Sicily: the royal dīwān. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-521-81692-0.
  4. Annals of the Four Masters. Ireland: Corpus of Electronic Texts (UCC), Annal M1127.1. 1127.
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