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Years: 1132 1133 1134 - 1135 - 1136 1137 1138

Decades: 1100s 1110s 1120s - 1130s - 1140s 1150s 1160s

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

Events

• January - Byland Abbey founded
• Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposes Stephen and claims the throne as her own
• Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr.
• The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks ends
• The first records of the Manor of Cramlington come into existence
• The Cistercian Abbey of St Mary and St Chad founded by Roger de Clinton, bishop of Coventry (1129-48)

Births

• March 30 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (died 1204)
• Petronila of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II of Aragon (died 1174)
• Peter of Blois, French poet and diplomat (died 1203)
• Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and theologian (died 1201)
• Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (died 1213)
• William of Newburgh, English historian and monk (died 1198)

Deaths

• June 4 - Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
• December 1 - King Henry I of England
• Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
• Milarepa, Tibetan yogi and poet (born 1052)