Explore 18 historical events from 1120–1129.
Richard III was count of Aversa and prince of Capua briefly in 1120 between his anointing on 27 May and his death; he was the only son and heir of Robert I of Capua. He was an infa…
Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death
Uijong, personal name Wang Hyŏn, was the 18th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.
Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (died 1173)
Vladimir II Monomakh was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. Prince Monomakh distinguished himself in 83 large-scale campaigns into Polovtsian lands (Cumania), which made Polov…
Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev
Alexander I, posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Alba (Scotland) from 1107 to his death. He was the fifth son of Malcolm III and his second wife, Margaret, sister of…
Alexander I of Scotland (born 1078)
Henry V was King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ruler by his father, Henry IV, in 1098.
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1086)
Empress Matilda, also known as Empress Maud, was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from 1110 until his death in 1125, and was subsequently a claimant to the Engl…
Former Empress Matilda, daughter and designated heiress of king Henry I of England, marries Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count
William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Rober…
William Clito defeated Thierry of Alsace in a battle over the succession to the title of Count of Flanders
The Battle of São Mamede took place on 24 June 1128 near Guimarães and is considered a seminal event on the process that led to the foundation of Portugal as an indepentent kingdom…
Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her love
Jordan II was the third son of Prince Jordan I of Capua and Princess Gaitelgrima, a daughter of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno. He was, from at least May 1109, the lord of Nocera, an…
Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
Tyre is a city in Lebanon, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Euro…
The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
Emperor Shirakawa was the 72nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Emperor Shirakawa of Japan (born 1053)
The Battle of São Mamede took place on 24 June 1128 near Guimarães and is considered a seminal event on the process that led to the foundation of Portugal as an indepentent kingdom…
Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: Forces led by Afonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her love
Empress Matilda, also known as Empress Maud, was Holy Roman Empress as the consort of Emperor Henry V from 1110 until his death in 1125, and was subsequently a claimant to the Engl…
Former Empress Matilda, daughter and designated heiress of king Henry I of England, marries Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Fatak, better known as al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, was a senior official of the Fatimid Caliphate in the early 12th century, during the reign of al-Amir.
Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi, Fatimid vizier (born c. 1086)
William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Rober…
William Clito, English son of Sybilla of Conversano (born 1102)
William Clito was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Rober…
William Clito defeated Thierry of Alsace in a battle over the succession to the title of Count of Flanders
Uijong, personal name Wang Hyŏn, was the 18th king of the Goryeo dynasty of Korea.
Uijong of Goryeo, Korean monarch of the Goryeo dynasty (died 1173)
Vladimir II Monomakh was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. Prince Monomakh distinguished himself in 83 large-scale campaigns into Polovtsian lands (Cumania), which made Polov…
Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev
Henry V was King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, as the fourth and last ruler of the Salian dynasty. He was made co-ruler by his father, Henry IV, in 1098.
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1086)
Alexander I, posthumously nicknamed The Fierce, was the King of Alba (Scotland) from 1107 to his death. He was the fifth son of Malcolm III and his second wife, Margaret, sister of…
Alexander I of Scotland (born 1078)
Tyre is a city in Lebanon, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It was one of the earliest Phoenician metropolises and the legendary birthplace of Euro…
The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks.
Eystein Magnusson, also called Eystein I, was King of Norway from 1103 to 1123 together with his half-brothers Sigurd the Crusader and Olaf Magnusson, although since Olaf died befo…
Eystein I, king of Norway (born 1088)
Emperor Taizu of Jin, personal name Aguda, sinicised name Min, was the founder and first emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He was originally the chieftain of the Wan…
Emperor Taizu of Jin (born 1068)
Vitalis of Savigny was the canonized founder of Savigny Abbey in Manche and of the Congregation of Savigny (1112).
Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060)
The Battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Seljuk Empire at the narrow place of Didgori, 40 km west of Tbilisi, on August 12, 1121. The l…
Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander…
Richard III was count of Aversa and prince of Capua briefly in 1120 between his anointing on 27 May and his death; he was the only son and heir of Robert I of Capua. He was an infa…
Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death
Jordan II was the third son of Prince Jordan I of Capua and Princess Gaitelgrima, a daughter of Prince Guaimar IV of Salerno. He was, from at least May 1109, the lord of Nocera, an…
Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
Gerardo Sasso, also known as Blessed Gérard, was an Italian lay brother in the Benedictine Order in the Catholic Church who was appointed as rector of the hospice in Jerusalem at M…
Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (born c. 1040)