1143

Events

• Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
• September 26 — Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II as the 165th pope.
• October 5 — Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of Leon as an independent kingdom, although it has functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede.
• Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur\'an into Latin.
• The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.
• Baldwin III is crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.
• The Romans declare their independence of the Pope.
• Roman senate was revived to operate.

Births

• July 31 — Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
• Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241)
• King William I of Scotland (d. 1214)

Deaths

• April 8 — John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
• September 24 — Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
• September 24 — Pope Innocent II
• November 13 — King Fulk of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (b. c. 1089/1092)
• Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1084)
• William of Malmesbury, English historian (b. 1080)
• Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (b. 1070)
• December 12 — Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)

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