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Years: 1138 1139 1140 - 1141 - 1142 1143 1144

Decades: 1110s 1120s 1130s - 1140s - 1150s 1160s 1170s

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

Events

• February 2 - Battle of Lincoln. Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the English throne, from King Stephen.
• September 14 - Rout of Winchester. Empress Matilda is forced to return the throne after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.
• November - Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty signed the Treaty of Shaoxing and peace lasted for the next twenty years.

Births

• Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (approximate date; died 1165)

Deaths

• February 11 - Hugh of St Victor, Saxon philosopher, theologian and mystic
• October 18 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
• Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges (born 1085)
• Yehuda Halevi, poet and philosopher
• Aubrey de Vere, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (born 1062)