1143
This article is about the year 1143.
Year 1143 (MCXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- Jijel taken by the Normans.[1]
- Failure of a Norman raid on Ceuta,[2] but at the same time the Normans lead a successful assault against Sfax.[3]
Asia
- December 25 – Baldwin III is crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.
Europe
- April 5 – Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
- July 1 – Battle of Wilton in England.
- September 26 – Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II as the 165th pope.
- October 5 – Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of León as an independent kingdom, although it had already functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede in 1128.
- Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.
- The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.
- During the summer the people of Rome revolt against the authority of the Pope and create a republican city-state comparable to that of the other Italian cities.
Births
- July 31 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
- Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241)
- King William I of Scotland (d. 1214)
Deaths
- January – Patriarch Leo of Constantinople
- February – Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1084)
- April 8 – John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
- September 24
- Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
- Pope Innocent II
- November 13 – King Fulk of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (b. c. 1089/1092)
- December 12 – Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)
- date unknown
- William of Malmesbury, English historian (b. 1080)
- Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (b. 1070)
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.71.
- ^ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
- ^ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2012.