1141

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:C12 year in topicYear 1141 (MCXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• February 2 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the throne of England from King Stephen, who is captured and imprisoned.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• February 13 – Géza II is crowned King of Hungary and Croatia at age 11, succeeding his father.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• May 14 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi sets off from Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• September 9 – Battle of Qatwan: Yelü Dashi, founder of the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuk Empire and Kara-Khanid forces.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• September 14 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne, after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• November 1 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester is exchanged by Empress Matilda for King Stephen, who reassumes the throne of England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• November – The Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty sign the Treaty of Shaoxing, and peace in the Jin–Song Wars lasts for the next twenty years. The Huai River is established as the boundary between them.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• The first German colonists (the future Transylvanian Saxon community) arrive in Transylvania, following grants by Geza II of Hungary. The colonization process is completed in 1162.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• The Italian winemaking company Ricasoli is founded.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

By topic

Religion

• April 1 – Alberic of Ostia, papal legate to Outremer, dedicated solemnly the Templum Domini in Jerusalem.<ref name="HamiltonJotischky">Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 2 – In a legatine council convened by Alberic of Ostia in the Templum Domini, the claim of the Latin Patriarch of Antioch over the diocese of Tyre is rejected.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Also, a step towards church unity between the Armenian and Latin Church is achieved when the Armenian Catholicos Gregory III makes a profession of faith and promises to restore union with Rome, which is achieved at the end of the century.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (d. 1165)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Nizami Ganjavi, Persian poet (d. 1209)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> (Possibly 1140 or 1142)

Deaths

• February 11 – Hugh of Saint Victor, Saxon philosopher, theologian and mystic (b. c. 1078)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• February 13 – Béla II, King of Hungary and Croatia (b. c. 1109)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 12 or April 13 – Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• May – Aubrey de Vere II, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1062)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• June 10 – Richenza of Northeim, German empress (b. c. 1087/89)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 18 – Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1108)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi writer, mystic and poet (b. 1048)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Judah Halevi, Sephardi Jewish philosopher and poet (b. c. 1075)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges (b. 1085)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>