1121 Explained
Year 1121 (MCXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
Levant
- Summer - Seljuk forces under Toghtekin make extensive raids into Galilee. King Baldwin II, in reprisal, crosses the Jordan River with a Crusader army, and ravages the countryside. He occupies and destroys a fortress that Toghtekin has built at Jerash.[1]
Europe
England
Eurasia
Asia
- Emperor Hui Zong sends an expedition to crush the rebellion at Hangzhou (modern-day Zhejiang) in China. The rebels are defeated, their leader Fang La is captured and executed.
By topic
Religion
Births
Deaths
- January 7 - Erminold, German Benedictine abbot
- January 18 - William of Champeaux, French philosopher
- February 10 - Domnall Ua Lochlainn, Irish king (b. 1048)
- March 2 - Floris II (the Fat), count of Holland (b. 1085)
- April 23 - Jón Ögmundsson, Icelandic bishop (b. 1052)
- August 7 - Ulrich I (or Udalrich), German bishop
- December 11 - Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Fatimid caliph (b. 1066)
- December 13 - Ulrich of Eppenstein, German abbot
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur, Hammadid governor and ruler
- Alfanus II (or Alfano), Lombard archbishop of Salerno
- Al-Tughrai, Persian official, poet and alchemist (b. 1061)
- Bartolf Leslie (or Bartholomew), Scottish nobleman
- Fang La, Chinese rebel leader (executed in Kaifeng)
- Frederick of Liege, German prince-bishop and saint
- Lü Shinang, Chinese religious leader (Manichaean cult)
- Masud Sa'd Salman, Persian poet (approximate date)
- Muireadhach Ua Flaithbheartaigh, king of Iar Connacht
- Robert of Bounalbergo, Norman nobleman and crusader
- Zhou Bangyan, Chinese bureaucrat and ci poet (b. 1056)
Notes and References
- Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 128. .
- Book: Meynier, Gilbert. 2010. L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: de l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris. La Découverte. 87.
- Book: Horne, Alistair . 12 . Seven Ages of Paris . Vintage Books . New York . 2002 . 1-4000-3446-9.
- Web site: History of the Norbertines and St. Norbert. St Michael's Abbey. Orange County, California. 2013-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20131006205325/http://www.stmichaelsabbey.com/abbey/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54&Itemid=63. October 6, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
- Book: Sutton, Ian. Architecture, from Ancient Greece to the Present. London. Thames & Hudson. 1999. 978-0-500-20316-3. registration.
- Book: Santoro. Nicholas J.. Mary In Our Life: Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, The Mother of Jesus, and Their Place in Marian Devotion. 2011. University. Bloomington. 195.