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1139
1139
Year 1139 (MCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By region
Asia
July 8 or August 21 – Jin–Song Wars: Battle of Yancheng – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu.https://books.google.com/books?id=jhPyvsdymU8C&q=1139+Battle+of+Yancheng&pg=PA510 China at War: An Encyclopedia Yong Tong ABC-CLIO 2012 9781598844153 Li Xiaobing Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, CO and Oxford 510–511 en Yancheng, Battle Of (1139)
September 30 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing great devastation and killing 300,000 people.Ulomov V. I. Medvedeva N. S. Специализированный каталог землетрясений для задач общего сейсмического районирования территории Российской Федерации Specialized catalog of earthquakes for the purpose of general seismic zoning of the territory of the Russian Federation 2014 http://seismos-u.ifz.ru/documents/Eartquake-Catalog-%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%97.pdf https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://seismos-u.ifz.ru/documents/Eartquake-Catalog-%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%97.pdf 2022-10-09 live O.Y. Smidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences
Europe
January 25 – Godfrey II, Count of Louvain becomes Duke of Lower Lorraine.https://books.google.com/books?id=N6hoLSvymtkC&q=1139+Godfrey+II+Brabant&pg=PA112 Do Ut Des: Gift Giving, Memoria, and Conflict Management in the Medieval Low Countries Bijsterveld Arnoud-Jan Uitgeverij Verloren 2007 9789065509581 Hilversum, Netherlands 112 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=PzorDwAAQBAJ&q=1139+Godfrey+II+Brabant&pg=PA72 Routledge Revivals: Medieval Germany (2001): An Encyclopedia Avonds Piet Taylor & Francis 2016 9781351665407 Jeep John M. New York and London 72 en Brabant, Duchy of 2001https://books.google.com/books?id=FHgaJ3k9j3MC&q=1139+Godfrey+II+Brabant&pg=PR17 Warfare in Medieval Brabant, 1356-1406 Boffa Sergio Boydell & Brewer 2004 9781843830610 Woodbridge, UK xxvii en
April 8 – Second Council of the Lateran: Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Pope Innocent II.https://books.google.com/books?id=xY5RDQAAQBAJ&q=1139+Roger+II+of+Sicily&pg=PA56 The Causes of War Gillespie Alexander Bloomsbury Publishing 2016 9781782259541 Oxford and Portland, OR 56–57 en Volume II: 1000 CE to 1400 CEhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Duwowbx1vuQC&q=1139+Roger+II+of+Sicily&pg=PA70 Roger II of Sicily: A Ruler Between East and West Houben Hubert Cambridge University Press 2002 9780521655736 Cambridge Medieval Textbooks Cambridge and New York 70–71 en
April 9 – The Treaty of Durham is signed, between Stephen, King of England and David I of Scotland.https://books.google.com/books?id=R6LIu7LnVogC&q=1139+Treaty+of+Durham&pg=PA50 Restoration and Reform, 1153–1165: Recovery from Civil War in England White Graeme J. Cambridge University Press 2000 9781139425230 Cambridge and New York 50 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=eALKAwAAQBAJ&q=1139+Treaty+of+Durham&pg=PA323 The Reign of King Stephen: 1135-1154 Crouch David Routledge 2013 9781317892977 London and New York 323 en 2000https://books.google.com/books?id=Nog9_GJqFZQC&q=1139+Treaty+of+Durham&pg=PA196 Conquest, Anarchy and Lordship: Yorkshire, 1066-1154 Dalton Paul Cambridge University Press 2002 9780521524643 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Cambridge and New York 196 en 1994
May – Representatives of Polvese Island formally submit the island to the city of Perugia, pledging military support, fiscal obligations, and an annual tribute of tench.Bollettino della Regia Deputazione di storia patria per l'Umbria 1899 Unione tipografica cooperativa 427-428 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Bollettino_della_Regia_Deputazione_di_st/YMksxnCqAf0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA427&printsec=frontcover it
July 22 – Pope Innocent II, invading the Kingdom of Sicily, is ambushed at Galluccio and taken prisoner.https://books.google.com/books?id=vrxeieCqeLwC&q=1139+Roger+II+of+Sicily&pg=PA15 Bernard of Clairvaux Evans G. R. Oxford University Press 2000 9780198028994 New York and Oxford 15 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=0eR5DwAAQBAJ&q=1139+Galuccio&pg=PA80 The Jewish Pope: Ideology and Politics in the Papal Schism of 1130 Stroll Mary BRILL 1987 9789004246577 Brill Studies in Intellectual History 8 Leiden, New York, Copenhagen and Cologne 80 en
July 25
Treaty of Mignano: Pope Innocent II proclaims Roger II of Sicily as King of Sicily, Duke of Apulia and Prince of Capua.https://books.google.com/books?id=lxbjDQAAQBAJ&q=1139+Roger+II+of+Sicily&pg=PA122 Norman Kings of Sicily and the Rise of the Anti-Islamic Critique: Baptized Sultans Birk Joshua C. Springer 2016 9783319470429 New York 122 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=aXZe71Z4nEkC&q=1139+Roger+II+of+Sicily&pg=PA65 The Administration of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily Takayama Hiroshi BRILL 1993 9789004098657 The Medieval Mediterranean Leiden, Boston and Köln 64 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=rlorKfco5HIC&q=1139+Roger+II+of+Sicily&pg=PA203 History of the Conquest of England by the Normans: Its Causes, and Its Consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and on the Continent Thierry Augustin Cambridge University Press 2011 9781108030243 Cambridge Library Collection 2 Cambridge and New York 203 en
Battle of Ourique: The independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León is declared after the Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques. He then becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal, after calling the first assembly of the Estates-General of Portugal at Lamego, where he is given the Crown from the Bishop of Bragança, to confirm the independence.Solé Glória Reis Diana Machado Andreia Autumn 2016 The Potentialities Of Using Historical Fiction And Legends In History Teaching: A Study With Primary Education Portuguese Students History Education Research Journal 14 1 143 10.18546/HERJ.14.1.11 July 11, 2025 The second fictional narrative, Legend Of Ourique Miracle, Gentil Marques’ version (1997), focuses on the Battle of Ourique, 1139, which was fought between Christians and Moors in the Alentejo (South of Portugal), during the Christian reconquest process. D. Afonso Henriques had planned to conquer land in the south of Portugal and also seize cattle, slaves and other booty. Despite being out numbered by Muslim forces, according to legend, the Portuguese were able in the battle, with God’s help, to capture five Moorish kings and their troops. After this resounding victory D. Afonso Henriques proclaimed himself King of Portugal (or was acclaimed by his troops still on the battlefield). Accordingly from 1140 he used the denomination Portugallensis Rex (King of Portucalian or King of the Portuguese).https://books.google.com/books?id=YA4NAAAAYAAJ&q=1139+Battle+of+Ourique&pg=PR23 A Handbook for Travellers in Portugal: A Complete Guide for Lisbon, Cintra, Mafra, Evora, the British Battle-fields, Santarem, Alcobaça, Batalha, Coimbra, Busaco, Oporto, Braga, Guimarães, the Caldas and Mountain-passes, &c John Murray 1875 London, Paris and Lisbon 54–55 en
By topic
Education
King's School, Pontefract, in England is founded.
Religion
April – Second Council of the Lateran: The Anacletus schism is settled, and priestly celibacy is made mandatory within the Catholic Church.https://archive.org/details/cu31924029343070 1139 Lateran Celibacy. An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church Lea Henry Charles J.B. Lippincott 1867 Philadelphia, PA 328–329 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=yvh5DwAAQBAJ&q=1139+Lateran+Council&pg=PA140 The Use of Canon Law in Ecclesiastical Administration, 1000–1234 Dusil Stephan BRILL 2018 9789004387249 Eichbauer Melodie H. Leiden and Boston 140 en Chapter 7: The Emerging Jurisprudence, the Second Lateran Council of 1139 and the Development of Canonical Impediments Summerlin Danicahttps://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ&q=1139+Anacletus+schism&pg=PA169 A Dictionary of Popes Kelly John Norman Davidson Walsh Michael J. Oxford University Press 2010 9780199295814 Oxford and New York 169 en 1986
November – Alberic of Ostia, papal legate to Outremer, convenes a legatine council in the cathedral of Antioch to examine the conduct of the Latin patriarch. The council is also attended by the Armenian Catholicos Gregory III and marks a symbolic beginning for Armenian-Latin ecclesiastic high-level contacts.Runciman Steven A History of the Crusades 3 December 1987 CUP Archive 978-0-521-34771-6 221 https://books.google.com/books?id=QL88AAAAIAAJ 20 February 2024 enClapp James A. Dadoyan Seta B. The Armenians in the Medieval Islamic World: Armenian Realpolitik in the Islamic World and Diverging Paradigmscase of Cilicia Eleventh to Fourteenth Centuries 8 September 2017 Routledge 978-1-351-48576-0 218 https://books.google.com/books?id=lKw0DwAAQBAJ 23 February 2024 en
Births
June 3 – Conon of Naso, Basilian abbot (d. 1236)Caporale Gaetano https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ8vAAAAYAAJ Il martirio e culto dei santi Conone e figlio protettori della città di Acerra 1885 Tip. del Lampo 63 it
June 16 – Emperor Konoe of Japan (d. 1155)https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=1139+Emperor+Konoe&pg=PA324 愚管抄: A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219 Jien Brown Delmer Myers Ishida Ichirō University of California Press 1979 9780520034600 Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 324 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=SFlSLX-nCeEC&q=1139+Emperor+Konoe&pg=PA160 Songs to Make the Dust Dance: The Ryōjin Hishō of Twelfth-century Japan Kwon Yung-Hee K. Kim Yung-Hee University of California Press 1994 9780520080669 Berkeley, Los Angeles, London 160 en
Agnes II – abbess and artist (d. 1203)
Deaths
January 25 – Count Godfrey I of Louvain and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI)https://books.google.com/books?id=kPilyGKrT3cC&q=1139+Godfrey+I+Louvain&pg=PA331 Land and Ancestors: Cultural Dynamics in the Urnfield Period and the Middle Ages in the Southern Netherlands Theuws Frans Roymans Nico Amsterdam University Press 1999 9789053562789 Amsterdam 331 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=ZeI0AQAAMAAJ&q=1139+Godfrey+I+Louvain&pg=PA875 Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical Woodward Bernard Bolingbroke Cates William Leist Readwin Lee and Shepard 1872 London 875 enVan K. Dijck-Mulier 1992 [The tomb monuments of the Dukes of Brabant (12th-14th century)] Verhandelingen - Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van Belgie 54 5 395–412 0302-6469 1288029
February 18 – Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)Dimnik M. 2011 The dynastic rivalry for Kursk (1054 to the 1150s) http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/xmlui/handle/123456789/69768 Сіверщина в історії України en 4 94 2218-4805 On 18 February 1139 Yaropolk Vladimirovich died in Kiev and was succeeded by his brother VyacheslavMartin Janet 2006 Calculating Seniority and the Contests for Succession in Kievan Rus' Russian History 33 2/4 267–281 0094-288X After Monomakh's death, his sons, Mstislav (1125-1132) and Iaropolk (1132-1139), held the throne 24664444 10.1163/187633106X00168
June 29 – Empress Xing of China (b. 1106)https://books.google.com/books?id=Cw0pAwAAQBAJ&q=1139+Empress+Xing&pg=PA450 Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Tang Through Ming, 618-1644 Lee Lily Xiao Hong Wiles Sue M.E. Sharpe 2014 9780765643162 Armonk, NY and London 450 en
October 20 – Henry the Proud (Henry X), Duke of Bavariahttps://books.google.com/books?id=yrqEAgAAQBAJ&q=1139+Henry+X+Bavaria&pg=PA506 The Two Cities: Medieval Europe 1050–1320 Barber Malcolm Routledge 2004 9781134687503 Second London and New York 506 enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=RkPbnN7LkKYC&q=1139+Henry+X+Bavaria&pg=PA282 Medieval German and Its Neighbours, 900-1250 Leyser Karl A&C Black 1982 9780907628088 London 282 en
December – Roger of Salisbury, English bishopStalley R. A. 2017-09-20 A Twelfth-Century Patron of Architecture Journal of the British Archaeological Association 34 62–83 en 10.1080/00681288.1971.11894910https://books.google.com/books?id=1enRAQAAQBAJ&q=1139+Roger+of+Salisbury&pg=PT396 The King's Bishops: The Politics of Patronage in England and Normandy, 1066–1216 Crosby E. Springer 2013 9781137352125 The New Middle Ages New York enhttps://books.google.com/books?id=ihkne5TofGcC&q=1139+Roger+of+Salisbury&pg=PA251 From Alfred the Great to Stephen Davis R. H. C. A&C Black 1991 9781852850456 London and Rio Grande 251 en
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