1140
Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1137 1138 1139 – 1140 – 1141 1142 1143 |
Events
By area
Europe
- December 21 – Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg, the stronghold of Welfs.
- Henry Jasomirgott is made count palatine of the Rhine.
- The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by David I of Scotland.
- Marburg becomes a town.
- The Assizes of Ariano are enacted by Roger II of Sicily.
- Roger II of Sicily places the practice of medicine under royal control.
By topic
Religion
- June 3 – Pierre Abelard is condemned for heresy by a church court in Sens, France.
- September 8 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi, having completed the Kuzari, arrives in Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
- The first Cistercian monastery in Spain is founded in Fitero.[1] The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.
- Camaldolite monk Gratian founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani.
Births
- May 28 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)
- Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (d. 1160)
Deaths
- January 12 – Louis I, Landgrave of Thuringia
- February 6 – Thurstan, Archbishop of York
- February 14
- November 15 – Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
- date unknown &ndahs; Kitti Sri Megha, Sri Lankan ruler
