1141
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1138 1139 1140 – 1141 – 1142 1143 1144 |
| 1141 by topic | |
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| 1141 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1141 MCXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1894 |
| Armenian calendar | 590 ԹՎ ՇՂ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5891 |
| Bengali calendar | 548 |
| Berber calendar | 2091 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Ste. 1 – 7 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1685 |
| Burmese calendar | 503 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6649–6650 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3837 or 3777 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3838 or 3778 |
| Coptic calendar | 857–858 |
| Discordian calendar | 2307 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1133–1134 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4901–4902 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1197–1198 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1063–1064 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4242–4243 |
| Holocene calendar | 11141 |
| Igbo calendar | 141–142 |
| Iranian calendar | 519–520 |
| Islamic calendar | 535–536 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōen 7 / Eiji 1 (永治元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1141 MCXLI |
| Korean calendar | 3474 |
| Minguo calendar | 771 before ROC 民前771年 |
| Seleucid era | 1452/1453 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1683–1684 |
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Year 1141 (MCXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- February 2 – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the English throne from King Stephen.
- May 14 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi sets off from Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
- September 9 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao Dynasty general who founded the Qara-Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
- September 14 – Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.
- November 1 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester is exchanged by Empress Matilda for King Stephen, who reassumes the throne of England.
- November – The Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty sign the Treaty of Shaoxing and peace lasts for the next twenty years.
- The Italian winemaking company Ricasoli is founded.
- The first German colonists (the future Transylvanian Saxon community) arrive in Transylvania, following grants by Andrew II of Hungary. The colonization process is completed in 1162.
- Treaty of Shaoxing establishes the Huai River as the boundary between the Jin Dynasty and Song Dynasty during the Jurchen campaigns against the Song.
Births
- Between April 23 and May 24 – Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (approximate date; d. 1165)
- Constance of Castile, Queen of France (d. 1160)
- Nizami, Persian poet (d. 1209)
Deaths
- February 11 – Hugh of St Victor, Saxon philosopher, theologian and mystic (b. c. 1078)
- May – Aubrey de Vere, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1062)
- June 10 – Richenza of Northeim, German empress (b. c. 1087/89)
- October 18 – Margrave Leopold IV of Austria (b. c. 1108)
- August 5 – Sheikh Ahmad Jami
- date unknown
- Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges (b. 1085)
- Yehuda Halevi, poet and philosopher (b. c.1075)