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Year 1137 (MCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Africa

The Ethiopian Empire is established under the Zagwe dynasty.

First commercial treaty between the Almohads and a Christian power. Genoa obtains trading rights in the ports of North Africa.

Asia

In Song Dynasty China, a fire breaks out in the new capital of Hangzhou; the government suspends the requirement of rent payments, alms of 108,840 kg (120 tons) of rice are distributed to the poor, and items such as bamboo, planks, and rush-matting are exempted from government taxation.

Europe

March – Stephen of England fails in his attempt to re-capture the Duchy of Normandy from Empress Matilda of England.

July 25 – Louis VII of France marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X, in Bordeaux Cathedral. On August 1 Louis succeeds as King of France on the death of his father.

A fleet of thirty-seven Almoravid ships attacks the coasts of Southern Italy under Norman rule.

Rochester Cathedral in England is severely damaged by a fire, and soon rebuilt.