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The Byzantine emperor John II Comnenus defeats Serb forces in the Balkans as other peoples of southeast Europe continue efforts to free themselves from Byzantine rule.
The Japanese emperor Toba abdicates at age 20 after a 16-year reign and is succeeded by his 4-year-old son Akihito, who will reign until 1141 as the emperor Sutoku, but Toba retains control of the government and the former emperor Shirakawa remains the power behind the throne.
London's Smithfield meat market has its origin in the priory founded beside the "Smooth" field just outside the city's walls. The field will soon be the scene of St. Bartholomew's Fair, where drapers and clothiers will exchange goods and where a weekly horsemarket will be held (see 1639).
Pope Callistus (or Calixtus) II convenes the Third Lateran Council, which confirms the Concordat of Worms, forbidding marriage of priests and the practice of simony.
Japan's former emperor Shirakawa imposes a strict Buddhist law against killing any living thing (including fish, poultry, livestock, game, and game birds).
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This article is about the year 1123.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1090s 1100s 1110s – 1120s – 1130s 1140s 1150s |
| Years: | 1120 1121 1122 – 1123 – 1124 1125 1126 |
| 1123 by topic | |
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| 1123 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1123 MCXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1876 |
| Armenian calendar | 572 ԹՎ ՇՀԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5873 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -721–-720 |
| Bengali calendar | 530 |
| Berber calendar | 2073 |
| English Regnal year | 23 Hen. 1 – 24 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1667 |
| Burmese calendar | 485 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6631–6632 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬寅年十二月初二日 (3759/3819-12-2) — to —
癸卯年十二月十二日(3760/3820-12-12) |
| Coptic calendar | 839–840 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1115–1116 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4883–4884 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1179–1180 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1045–1046 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4224–4225 |
| Holocene calendar | 11123 |
| Iranian calendar | 501–502 |
| Islamic calendar | 516–517 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1123 MCXXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3456 |
| Minguo calendar | 789 before ROC 民前789年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1666 |
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Year 1123 (MCXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- August 9 – Failure of a Norman campaign in North Africa, the Norman troops are massacred near Mahdia at the battle of al-Dimas.[1][2]
Asia
- The Venetian fleet defeats the Egyptian fleet off Ascalon.
- The Pactum Warmundi is established between the Republic of Venice and the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
- Emperor Sutoku succeeds Emperor Toba on the throne of Japan.
- Battle of Yibneh, a Crusader force led by Eustace Grenier crushed a Fatimid army at Yibna.
Europe
- First mention of the consuls of Bologna indicating that the city of has become an independent commune.
- Siege of Deventer, conflict between Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor and Lotharius of Supplinburg, duke of Saxony.
- In accordance with the decision of the First Council of the Lateran, the archbishop of Compostela, Diego Gelmirez, declares the Crusade in Iberia against the Andalusians.[3]
By topic
Religion
- The First Council of the Lateran confirms the Concordat of Worms and demands that priests remain celibate.
- St Bartholomew's Hospital (Barts) is founded in London.
- Furness Abbey founded in England, once the second wealthiest and most powerful monastery in the country.
Births
- Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (d. 1160)
Deaths
- August 29 – King Eystein I of Norway (b. c. 1088)
- Wanyan Aguda, chieftain of the Jurchen Wanyan tribe (b. 1068)
- Saint Peter of Pappacarbone
References
- ^ Gilbert Meynier (2010) L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique. De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte; pp.56.
- ^ Johns, Jeremy (2002). Arabic administration in Norman Sicily: the royal dīwān. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 85. ISBN 0-521-81692-0. http://books.google.nl/books?id=pXXYfJ9woRwC&dq=%22ali+ibn+yahya%22+zirid.
- ^ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5 37: 31–47. JSTOR 3679149.
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