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Year 1138 (MCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • March 13
  • Cardinal Gregory is elected antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
  • Conrad III is crowned King of Germany.
  • April 10 – Robert Warelwast is nominated as Bishop of Exeter.
  • July – Bavaria is taken away from the Welfen Henry X, Duke of Bavaria, and given to the Margrave Leopold IV of Austria.
  • August 22 – Battle of the Standard in Yorkshire: David I of Scotland is defeated by the English.
  • October 11 – Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills about 230,000 people.
  • November 5 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Đại Việt at the age of two, starting a 37-year reign.
  • The earldom of Pembroke, created for Gilbert de Clare, is the first earldom created by the Norman kings within the borders of Wales.
  • First mention of the consuls of Florence, indicating that the city has become an independent and self-governing commune.

    • Births

  • date unknown
  • Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (d. 1171)
  • Casimir II the Just, king of Poland (d. 1194)
  • Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (d. 1179)
  • probable – Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria (d. 1193)

    • Deaths

  • January 13 or January 14 – Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
  • January 25 – Antipope Anacletus II
  • May 11 – William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey
  • October 28 – King Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland
  • Arwa al-Sulayhi, sovereign queen of Yemen (b. 1048)
  • probable – Avempace, Andalusian philosopher

    • References

    1138 Wikipedia
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