1140

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
Centuries: 11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades: 1110s  1120s  1130s  – 1140s –  1150s  1160s  1170s
Years: 1137 1138 1139 – 1140 – 1141 1142 1143
1140 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1140
MCXL
Ab urbe condita1893
Armenian calendar589
ԹՎ ՇՁԹ
Assyrian calendar5890
Balinese saka calendar1061–1062
Bengali calendar547
Berber calendar2090
English Regnal year5 Ste. 1 – 6 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar1684
Burmese calendar502
Byzantine calendar6648–6649
Chinese calendar己未年 (Earth Goat)
3836 or 3776
    — to —
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
3837 or 3777
Coptic calendar856–857
Discordian calendar2306
Ethiopian calendar1132–1133
Hebrew calendar4900–4901
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1196–1197
 - Shaka Samvat1061–1062
 - Kali Yuga4240–4241
Holocene calendar11140
Igbo calendar140–141
Iranian calendar518–519
Islamic calendar534–535
Japanese calendarHōen 6
(保延６年)
Javanese calendar1046–1047
Julian calendar1140
MCXL
Korean calendar3473
Minguo calendar772 before ROC
民前772年
Nanakshahi calendar−328
Seleucid era1451/1452 AG
Thai solar calendar1682–1683
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

Europe
  • 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.

Religion
  • 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
  • May 28 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
  • Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (d. 1160)

Deaths
  • January 12 – Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia
  • February 6 – Thurstan, Archbishop of York
  • February 14
    • Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia
    • Leo I, Prince of Armenia
  • November 15 – Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
  • date unknown &ndahs; Kitti Sri Megha, Sri Lankan ruler

References
  1. Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47. doi:10.2307/3679149. JSTOR 3679149. S2CID 154629568.
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