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- This article is about the year 1138. For other uses, see 1138 (number).
| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1100s 1110s 1120s - 1130s - 1140s 1150s 1160s
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| Years: | 1135 1136 1137 - 1138 - 1139 1140 1141 |
[edit] Events
- Robert Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- March 13 — Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
- August 9 — Deadly earthquake in Aleppo, Syria killing about 230,000 people.
- August 22 — Battle of the Standard between David I of Scotland and the English. The Scots were defeated.
- Bavaria was taken away from the Welfen Duke Henry the Proud and given to the Austrian Margrave Leopold IV.
- A castle in Scotland successfully defeats a siege despite being held by only nine knights.
- The earldom of Pembroke, created for Gilbert de Clare, is the first earldom created by the Norman kings within the borders of Wales.
[edit] Births
- Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (d. 1171)
- Casimir II of Poland (died 1194)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (d. 1179)
- Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria (d. 1193)
[edit] Deaths
- January 13 — Simon I (b. 1076)
- January 25 — Antipope Anacletus II
- William de Warenne
- Ibn Bajjah — Andalusian philosopher
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