1140
| 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 by topic | |
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| 1140 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1140 MCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1893 |
| Armenian calendar | 589 ԹՎ ՇՁԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5890 |
| Bengali calendar | 547 |
| Berber calendar | 2090 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Ste. 1 – 6 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1684 |
| Burmese calendar | 502 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6648–6649 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3836 or 3776 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3837 or 3777 |
| Coptic calendar | 856–857 |
| Discordian calendar | 2306 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1132–1133 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4900–4901 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1196–1197 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1062–1063 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4241–4242 |
| Holocene calendar | 11140 |
| Igbo calendar | 140–141 |
| Iranian calendar | 518–519 |
| Islamic calendar | 534–535 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōen 6 (保延６年) |
| Julian calendar | 1140 MCXL |
| Korean calendar | 3473 |
| Minguo calendar | 772 before ROC 民前772年 |
| Seleucid era | 1451/1452 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1682–1683 |
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Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
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.
By topic
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
- November 15 – Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
- date unknown – Kitti Sri Megha, King of Dakkinadesa, Sri Lankan
References
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