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Years: 1134 1135 1136 - 1137 - 1138 1139 1140

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

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

Events

• Louis VII is crowned King of France. He subsequently marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X.
• Rochester Cathedral is severely damaged by a fire, but is soon rebuilt.

Births

• Amalric I of Jerusalem
• Walter Map, Welsh historian (died 1209)
• Saladin, ruler of Egypt and Syria (died 1193)

Deaths

• March 8 - Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (born c. 1067)
• April 9 - William X, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1099)
• August 1 - King Louis VI of France (born 1081)
• Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine soldier (born 1062)
• Eric II of Denmark
• Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1075)
• Adalbert of Mainz, Archbishop of Mainz
• Ramanuja, Indian philosopher (born 1017)
• Pons of Tripoli, Count of Tripoli
• Antipope Gregory VIII