1127

Year 1127 (MCXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1090s  1100s  1110s  – 1120s –  1130s  1140s  1150s
Years:	1124 1125 1126 – 1127 – 1128 1129 1130

The Kalyan minaret

Events

• Estimation: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from Kaifeng, capital of China.

Asia

• January 9 – Jurchen forces sack the Song Chinese capital of Kaifeng (the Jingkang Incident, 靖康事變), and begin more than a century of political division between northern and southern China.

Europe

• Conrad III establishes the Hohenstaufen dynasty when he is crowned antiking to the Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair II.
• The first coalition of the Norman princes against Roger II of Sicily is formed. The same year, Roger regains control over Malta after a rebellion. To guaranty the security of the seas, the king also establishes a pact with the maritime republic of Savona, probably following an Almoravid raid against his realm.
• Count Charles the Good of Flanders is assassinated.
• First mention of the consuls in Brescia, indicating that the city has become an independent commune.
• The commune of Milan conquers the neighboring city of Como.

Arts

• The minaret of Kalyan is completed in Bukhara (present day Uzbekistan).

Births

• October 18 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1191)
• November 27 – Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
• Constance of Antioch (d. 1163), the Princess regnant of the principality of Antioch
• Yang Wanli, Chinese poet (d. 1206)

Deaths

• probable – Fulcher of Chartres, French chronicler (b. c. 1059)
• Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin, abbot of Clonmacnoise

1127 Media

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  Emperor Gao Zong (1107–1187)