1120 facts for kids

Jurchen translation of the Chinese couplet, Ming wang shen de, si yi xian bin ("明王慎德.四夷咸宾": "When a wise king is heedful of virtue, foreigners from all quarters come as guests")

Year 1120 (MCXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Asia

• The Song Dynasty governor of the seaport of Quanzhou, Fujian, China, reports the population of his city has reached 500,000.
• August–September (the eighth month of the Chinese calendar) – Wanyan Xiyin completes the design of the first version of the Jurchen script

Europe

• January 16 – The Council of Nablus is held in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
• June 17 – at the Battle of Cutanda, the Aragonese troops of Alfonso I defeat the Almoravid army.
• November 25 – The White Ship is wrecked in the English Channel, resulting in the death of the son of King Henry I of England.
• Walcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude.
• Construction begins on Llandaff Cathedral in Wales.
• Foundation of Freiburg in Breisgau.
• Under admirals Abu Abd Allah ibn Maymum of Almeria and Isa ibn Mayum of Sevilla, the Almoravid fleet attacks the Christian kingdom of Galicia.

Births

• November 28 – Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
• Ioveta of Bethany, daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem
• Louis VII of France (d. 1180)

Deaths

• November 25 – William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)
• September 3 – Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040)
• Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (b. 1094)

See also

In Spanish: 1120 para niños