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This article is about the year 1138. For the number, see 1138 (number).
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1100s 1110s 1120s – 1130s – 1140s 1150s 1160s |
| Years: | 1135 1136 1137 – 1138 – 1139 1140 1141 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1138 MCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1891 |
| Armenian calendar | 587 ԹՎ ՇՁԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5888 |
| Bengali calendar | 545 |
| Berber calendar | 2088 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Ste. 1 – 4 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1682 |
| Burmese calendar | 500 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6646–6647 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3834 or 3774 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3835 or 3775 |
| Coptic calendar | 854–855 |
| Discordian calendar | 2304 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1130–1131 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4898–4899 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1194–1195 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1060–1061 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4239–4240 |
| Holocene calendar | 11138 |
| Igbo calendar | 138–139 |
| Iranian calendar | 516–517 |
| Islamic calendar | 532–533 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōen 4 (保延４年) |
| Julian calendar | 1138 MCXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3471 |
| Minguo calendar | 774 before ROC 民前774年 |
| Seleucid era | 1449/1450 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1680–1681 |
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Year 1138 (MCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- March 13
- Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- Conrad III is crowned King of Germany.
- April 10 – Robert Warelwast is nominated as Bishop of Exeter.
- July – Bavaria is taken away from the Welfen Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, and given to the Margrave Leopold IV of Austria.
- August 22 – Battle of the Standard in Yorkshire: David I of Scotland is defeated by the English.
- October 11 – 1138 Aleppo earthquake: An earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills about 230,000 people.
- November 5 – Ly Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
- The earldom of Pembroke, created for Gilbert de Clare, is the first earldom created by the Norman kings within the borders of Wales.
- First mention of the consuls of Florence, indicating that the city has become an independent and self-governing commune.
Births
- date unknown –
- Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (d. 1171)
- Casimir II the Just, king of Poland (d. 1194)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (d. 1179)
- probable – Saladin,[1] ruler of Egypt and Syria (d. 1193)
Deaths
- January 13 – Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
- January 25 – Antipope Anacletus II
- May 11 – William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
- October 28 – King Boleslaus III the Wrymouth of Poland
- probable – Avempace, Andalusian philosopher
References
- ↑ Malcolm Lyons and D.E.P. Jackson, "Saladin: The Politics of the Holy War", pg. 2.