1138

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1100s  1110s  1120s  – 1130s –  1140s  1150s  1160s
Years:	1135 1136 1137 – 1138 – 1139 1140 1141

Events

• Robert Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• March 13 – Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
• August 9 – Deadly earthquake in Aleppo, Syria killing about 230,000 people.
• August 22 – Battle of the Standard between David I of Scotland and the English. The Scots were defeated.
• Bavaria was taken away from the Welfen Duke Henry the Proud and given to the Austrian Margrave Leopold IV.