1131

1131 (MCXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1131st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 131st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 12th century, and the 2nd year of the 1130s decade. As of the start of 1131, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1100s  1110s  1120s  – 1130s –  1140s  1150s  1160s
Years:	1128 1129 1130 – 1131 – 1132 1133 1134

Events

• May 9 — Tintern Abbey is founded.
• Ramon Berenguer IV becomes Count of Barcelona.
• Alberich becomes Archdeacon of Reims.
• Fulk of Anjou and Melisende become King and Queen of Jerusalem.
• Construction begins on the Beisi Pagoda in China (completed in 1162).

Births

• King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)

Deaths

• March 1 — King Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
• April 30 — Saint Adjutor
• August 21 — King Baldwin II of Jerusalem
• December 4 — Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
• Alger of Liège, French monk at Cluny (b. 1055)
• Bohemund II of Antioch (b. 1108)
• Gaston IV of Béarn
• Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
• Peter the Hermit, French priest and crusader
• Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (b. 1082)

1131 Media

• Balduin2 pocta.jpg

  Funeral of King Baldwin II of Jerusalem