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Years: 1124 1125 1126 - 1127 - 1128 1129 1130

Decades: 1090s 1100s 1110s - 1120s - 1130s 1140s 1150s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• Conrad III establishes the Hohenstaufen dynasty when he is crowned antiking to the Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair II.
• First coalition of the Norman princes against Roger II of Sicily.
• The minaret of Kalyan is completed in Bukhara in present day Uzbekistan.
• Jurchen forces sack Song Chinese capital of Kaifeng, and begin more than a century of political division between north and south in China.

Births

• October 18 - Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (died 1192)
• November 27 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
• Constance of Antioch (died 1163)

Deaths

• Fulcher of Chartres, French chronicler