1120
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1090s 1100s 1110s – 1120s – 1130s 1140s 1150s |
| Years: | 1117 1118 1119 – 1120 – 1121 1122 1123 |
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1120 (MCXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1120th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 120th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 12th century, and the 1st year of the 1120s decade. As of the start of 1120, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Jurchen translation of the Chinese couplet, Ming wang shen de, si yi xian bin ("明王慎德.四夷咸宾": "When a wise king is heedful of virtue, foreigners from all quarters come as guests")
Events
By place
Asia
- The Song Dynasty governor of the seaport of Quanzhou, Fujian, China, reports the population of his city has reached 500,000.
- August–September (the eighth month of the Chinese calendar) – Wanyan Xiyin completes the design of the first version of the Jurchen script
Europe
- January 16 – The Council of Nablus is held in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- June 17 – at the Battle of Cutanda, the Aragonese troops of Alfonso I defeat the Almoravid army.[1]
- November 25 – The White Ship is wrecked in the English Channel, resulting in the death of the son of King Henry I of England.
- Walcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude.
- Construction begins on Llandaff Cathedral in Wales.
- Foundation of Freiburg in Breisgau.
- Under admirals Abu Abd Allah ibn Maymum of Almeria and Isa ibn Mayum of Sevilla, the Almoravid fleet attacks the Christian kingdom of Galicia.[2]
Births
- November 28 – Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
- Ioveta of Bethany, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem
- Louis VII of France (d. 1180)
Deaths
- November 25 – William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)
- September 3 – Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040)
- Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (b. 1094)