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

of the Julian calendar.

Contents

 1Events
 2Births
 3Deaths
 4References
 5Sources

Events[edit]
 March 13
o Cardinal Gregory is elected antipope as Victor IV,
succeeding Anacletus II.
o 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 – An 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.
 The consuls of Florence are first mentioned, indicating that the city
has become an independent and self-governing commune.

Births[edit]
 date unknown
o Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (d. 1171)
o Casimir II the Just, king of Poland (d. 1194)
o Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (d. 1179)
 probable – Saladin,[1] ruler of Egypt and Syria (d. 1193)

Deaths[edit]
 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[edit]
1. ^ Lyons & Jackson 2008.

Sources[edit]
 Lyons, Malcolm; Jackson, D. E. P. (2008). Saladin: The Politics of the Holy
War. p. 2. ISBN 978-0521317399.
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