1141

This article is about the year 1141.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
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

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Art and literature

1141 in poetry

1141 in other calendars

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

Year 1141 (MCXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• February 2 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the throne of England from King Stephen.
• February 13 – Géza II is crowned King of Hungary and Croatia at age 11 in succession to his father.
• May 14 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi sets off from Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
• September 9 – Liao dynasty general Yelü Dashi, founder of the Kara-Khitan Khanate, defeats the Seljuk Empire and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
• September 14 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.
• November 1 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – 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 in the Jin–Song Wars lasts for the next twenty years. The Huai River is established as the boundary between them
• 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.
• The Italian winemaking company Ricasoli is founded.

Births

• Between April 23 and May 24 (probable date) – Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (d. 1165)
• Approximate date
  • Constance of Castile, Queen of France (d. 1160)
  • Nizami Ganjavi, Persian poet (d. 1209)

Deaths

• February 11 – Hugh of Saint Victor, Saxon philosopher, theologian and mystic (b. c. 1078)
• February 13 – Béla II, King of Hungary and Croatia (b. c. 1109)
• April 12 or 13 – Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia
• May – Aubrey de Vere II, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1062)
• June 10 – Richenza of Northeim, German empress (b. c. 1087/89)
• October 18 – Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1108)
• August 5 – Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi writer, mystic and poet (b. 1048)
• Summer – Judah Halevi, Sephardi Jewish philosopher and poet (b. c. 1075)
• Undated – Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges (b. 1085)