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Year 1121 (MCXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • August 12 – Battle of Didgori: King David the Builder of Georgia, with 55,600 troops, defeats the 300,000-strong Muslim coalition forces at Mount Didgori, in eastern Georgia.
  • December 25 (Christmas Day) – The Praemonstratensian Order (Norbertines) is formed when a group of canons make solemn vows at Prémontré.
  • A provincial synod held at Soissons condemns Peter Abelard's writings on the Trinity. Abelard writes Sic et Non.
  • Completion of the third and largest church at Cluny Abbey.
  • Reading Abbey is founded in England.
  • A large rebellion takes place in Córdoba, Spain, against the ruling Almoravids.

    • Deaths

  • December 11 – Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Fatimid Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066)
  • William of Champeaux, French philosopher
  • Zhou Tong, archery teacher and second military arts tutor of Song dynasty General Yue Fei

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