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1140s:

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades:	1110s 1120s 1130s - 1140s - 1150s 1160s 1170s
Years:	1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments

Abbot Suger rebuilds the monastery of St Denis outside Paris, seen as the initiation of the Gothic style.
Gratian's Decretals reinvigorate study of canon law and civil law.
1142 — End of the reign of Emperor Sutoku, emperor of Japan
1142 — Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan
1143 — Celestine II elected pope
1144 — Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
1146 — Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy
1145–1147 — Second Crusade — Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims
1148 — The Alexiad is written by the Byzantine historian Anna Comnena, daughter of Alexius I.