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Year 1143 (MCXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Africa

  • Jijel taken by the Normans.
  • Failure of a Norman raid on Ceuta, but at the same time the Normans lead a successful assault against Sfax.

    • Asia

  • December 25 – Baldwin III is crowned King of Jerusalem, succeeding his father Fulk.

    • Europe

  • April 5 – Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
  • July 1 – Battle of Wilton in England.
  • September 26 – Pope Celestine II succeeds Pope Innocent II as the 165th pope.
  • October 5 – Treaty of Zamora: Portugal is recognized by the Kingdom of León as an independent kingdom, although it had already functioned as one since the Battle of São Mamede in 1128.
  • Robert of Ketton makes the first European translation of the Qur'an into Latin.
  • The exploration of the uncharted eastern parts of Germany begins, and results in the founding of cities such as Lübeck.
  • During the summer the people of Rome revolt against the authority of the Pope and create a republican city-state comparable to that of the other Italian cities.

    • Births

  • July 31 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
  • Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241)
  • King William I of Scotland (d. 1214)

    • Deaths

  • January – Patriarch Leo of Constantinople
  • February – Hugh II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1084)
  • April 8 – John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1087)
  • September 24
  • Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
  • Pope Innocent II
  • November 13 – Fulk, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (b. c. 1089/1092)
  • December 12 – Kogyo-Daishi, restorer of Shingon Buddhism in Japan (b. 1095)
  • date unknown
  • William of Malmesbury, English historian (b. 1080)
  • Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (b. 1070)

    • References

    1143 Wikipedia
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