1147
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century · 12th century · 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s · 1120s · 1130s · 1140s · 1150s · 1160s · 1170s |
| Years: | 1144 · 1145 · 1146 · 1147 · 1148 · 1149 · 1150 |
| 1147 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| 1147 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1147 MCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1900 |
| Armenian calendar | 596 ԹՎ ՇՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5897 |
| Bengali calendar | 554 |
| Berber calendar | 2097 |
| English Regnal year | 12 Ste. 1 – 13 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1691 |
| Burmese calendar | 509 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6655–6656 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3843 or 3783 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3844 or 3784 |
| Coptic calendar | 863–864 |
| Discordian calendar | 2313 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1139–1140 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4907–4908 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1203–1204 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1068–1069 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4247–4248 |
| Holocene calendar | 11147 |
| Igbo calendar | 147–148 |
| Iranian calendar | 525–526 |
| Islamic calendar | 541–542 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyūan 3 (久安３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1053–1054 |
| Julian calendar | 1147 MCXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3480 |
| Minguo calendar | 765 before ROC 民前765年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −321 |
| Seleucid era | 1458/1459 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1689–1690 |
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Year 1147 (MCXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- April – Abd al-Mu'min destroys the Almoravid Empire after capturing Marrakech and killing the last emir, Ishaq ibn Ali.
- The Siculo-NormanNormans take control of Gabes.[1]
Asia
- October 25 – Battle of Dorylaeum, the Seljuq Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III.
Europe
- The Second Crusade begins.
Eastern Europe
- June – The Wendish Crusade fails to convert most of the Polabian Slavs.
- The cities of Moscow and Vologda are first mentioned in written records.
Southern Europe
- July 1–October 25 – with the support of English and Flemish Crusaders, Afonso I of Portugal besieges and conquers Lisbon (Siege of Lisbon).[2] The same year, the troops of the young Portuguese kingdom take Sintra and Santarém (Conquest of Santarém) and sack Palmela.[3]
- September – Arrival of the German contingent of the Second Crusade before Constantinople; after a battle before the city walls, the Germans accept to be ferried over the Bosporus to Asia.
- Roger II of Sicily takes Corfu from the Byzantine Empire, and pillages Corinth, Athens and Thebes.
- October 7 – Almería, one of the most important maritime and commercial centers of al-Andalus, falls into Christian hands after two months of siege.[4]
- The Almohad general Mohammad al-Masufi conquers Seville.[5]
- Consecration of the church of San Frediano in Lucca
By topic
Religion
- Dore Abbey is founded.
- Hildegard of Bingen founds the convent of Rupertsberg near Bingen.
- Foundation of Jedburgh Abbey by David I of Scotland
Births
- May 9 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
- Emperor Guangzong of Song (d. 1200)
- Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (d. 1181)
- Ibn Qudamah, Islamic scholar (d. 1223)
- Shōkū, Buddhist leader (d. 1247)
- King Stephen III of Hungary (d. 1172)
- Taira no Munemori, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)
- Wada Yoshimori, Japanese military commander (d. 1213)
- probable – Raimbaut of Orange, troubadour (d. 1173)
Deaths
- January 14 – Robert de Craon, second Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- April 6 – Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, (b. 1090)
- September 19 – Igor II of Kiev
- October 31 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c. 1090)
- December 25 – Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120)
- date unknown
- John Capellanus, Scottish bishop
- Comita II of Arborea, ruler of Arborea
- Pietro Polani, 36th Doge of Venice
- William fitz Duncan, Scottish prince
References
- ↑ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ↑ King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 67
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 109. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
- ↑ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.66
- ↑ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, pp.64
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