Explore 31 historical events from 1140–1149.
Minamoto no Yoritomo was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Jap…
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic, philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet.
The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy
Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic, philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet.
Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (born 1079)
Petronilla of Chemillé was the first abbess of the double monastery of Fontevrault in western France, which she headed from 1115 to 1149 following her second widowhood. She is hono…
Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault
Ermengarde of Anjou, also known as Ermengarde of Brittany, was a member of the comital House of Anjou and by her two marriages was successively Duchess of Aquitaine and Brittany. S…
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (born 1068)
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then a…
Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (born 1075)
Xin Qiji was a Chinese poet, calligrapher, and military general during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279).
Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, general, and politician (died 1207)
Richenza of Northeim was Duchess of Saxony from 1106, Queen of Germany from 1125 and Holy Roman Empress from 1133 as the wife of Lothair of Supplinburg.
Richenza of Northeim (born 1087)
Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very …
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi
Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very …
Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (born 1115)
Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very …
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is simu…
The reconstructed Church of the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
Petronilla of Chemillé was the first abbess of the double monastery of Fontevrault in western France, which she headed from 1115 to 1149 following her second widowhood. She is hono…
Petronille de Chemillé, abbess of Fontevrault
Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very …
Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (born 1115)
Mu'in ad-Din Unur was the ruler of Damascus from 1140 to 1149. He was a Turkoman slave of Burid emirs.
Mu'in ad-Din Unur, Turkish ruler and regent
Louis VII, was King of France from 1137 to 1180. His first marriage was to Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in western Europe. The marria…
Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
William II, Count of Nevers, was a crusader in the Crusade of 1101.
William II, Count of Nevers (born c. 1089)
Conan III, also known as Conan of Cornouaille and Conan the Fat was duke of Brittany, from 1112 to his death. He was the son of Alan IV, Duke of Brittany and Ermengarde of Anjou.
Conan III, duke of Brittany (born 1070)
The siege of Damascus took place between 24 and 28 July 1148, during the Second Crusade. It ended in a crusader defeat and led to the disintegration of the crusade. The two main Ch…
The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns launched by the papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers for the recovery and defence of the Holy Land, as part of a wide…
Crusades: The siege of Damascus ended in a decisive victory for the Muslims, leading to the disintegration of the…
Minamoto no Yoritomo was a samurai, daimyo and the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate, ruling from 1192 until 1199, also the first shogun in the history of Jap…
Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shōgun (died 1199)
Igor II Olgovich was Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev (1146). He was a son of Oleg I of Chernigov.
Igor II of Kiev
Ermengarde of Anjou, also known as Ermengarde of Brittany, was a member of the comital House of Anjou and by her two marriages was successively Duchess of Aquitaine and Brittany. S…
Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess regent of Brittany (born 1068)
Vsevolod II Olgovich was Prince of Chernigov (1127–1139) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1139–1146). He was a son of Oleg Svyatoslavich, Prince of Chernigov.
Vsevolod II of Kiev, Russian prince
Eric III Lamb was King of Denmark from 1137 until 1146. He was the grandson of Eric I and the nephew of Eric II, whom he succeeded on the throne. He abdicated in 1146, becoming the…
King Eric III of Denmark
Al-Malik al-Mansur Abu al-Mudhaffar Imad al-Din Zengi bin Aq Sunqur al-Hajib bin Abdullah, also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkoman atabeg of the Seljuk Em…
Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087)
Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, Breton Alan Penteur, also known as "Alan the Black", was a Breton noble who fought for Stephen, King of England. Alan was the third son of Stephen, Coun…
Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, English soldier (born 1100)
Lund Cathedral is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund. It was buil…
The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time the seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is…
Ibn Jubayr, also written Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair and Ibn Djubayr, and also called simply Jabair, was an Arab geographer, traveller and poet from al-Andalus. His travel chronicle des…
Ibn Jubayr, Arab geographer and poet (died 1217)
Lund Cathedral is a cathedral of the Lutheran Church of Sweden in Lund, Scania, Sweden. It is the seat of the Bishop of Lund and the main church of the Diocese of Lund. It was buil…
The main altar of Lund Cathedral, then the Catholic cathedral of all the Nordic countries, was dedicated to Saint…
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then a…
Al-Zamakhshari, Persian theologian (born 1075)
Salomea of Berg was a noblewoman of Berg and, by marriage with Prince Bolesław III Wrymouth in 1115, High Duchess of Poland until her husband's death in 1138.
Salomea of Berg, High Duchess consort of Poland
Emperor Nijō was the 78th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1158 through 1165.
Emperor Nijō of Japan (died 1165)
Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic, philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet.
Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (born 1079)