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[edit] Events

• January—Byland Abbey is founded.
• December 1 – Stephen succeeds his uncle Henry I as king of England. Matilda, daughter of Henry I and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, opposes Stephen and claims the throne as her own.
• The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks ends.
• The first records of the Manor of Cramlington come into existence.
• The Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary and St. Chad is founded by Roger de Clinton, bishop of Coventry (1129–48).
• A fire in London seriously damages St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge.
• Song Dynasty Chinese general Yue Fei defeats the rebel forces of Yang Yao by entangling his swift paddle-wheel ships with rotten logs and other debris precariously placed in the river. Yue Fei's forces easily board their ships and win a victory.

[edit] Births

• Petronila of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II of Aragon (d. 1174)
• Peter of Blois, French poet and diplomat (d. 1203)
• Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and theologian (d. 1201)
• Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (d. 1213)
• William of Newburgh, English historian and monk (d. 1198)
• Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (d. 1204)

[edit] Deaths

• June 4—Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
• December 1—King Henry I of England
• Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
• Milarepa, Tibetan yogi and poet (b. 1052)
• Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1063)

The Near East in 1135, showing the four Crusader states in shades of green.