1131

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political events

Ramon Berenguer III, count of Barcelona, dies at Barcelona at age 49 (approximate) after a 34-year reign. He leaves most of his Catalonian territories to his elder son, 18, who will reign until 1162 as Ramon Berenguer IV, continuing the fight against the Almoravid Muslims (see 1137); his younger son inherits Provence and will reign until 1144 as Ramon I of Provence.

science

Persian poet-mathematician-astronomer Omar Khayyam dies at his native Nishapur in Khurasan December 4 at age 83, having gained renown more for his scientific achievements than for his quatrains (rubáiyát). "The Moving Finger writes," he has written, "and, having writ,/ Moves on; nor all your Piety and Wit/ Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line/ Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it" (see Poetry, 1859).

architecture, real estate

Tintern Abbey is founded in Wales by Cistercian monks in the Wye Valley. A larger structure will be erected on the site in the 13th and 14th centuries (see agriculture, 1128; Poetry, 1798).

environment

France outlaws the practice of letting pigs run freely in the streets after an unattended pig has caused the death of Louis VI's son Philippe in a riding accident, but Parisians will continue to throw garbage and trash out of their windows until the 1300s.

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1100s  1110s  1120s  – 1130s –  1140s  1150s  1160s
Years:	1128 1129 1130 – 1131 – 1132 1133 1134

1131 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

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Art and literature

1131 in poetry v • d • e

1131 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1131 MCXXXI
Ab urbe condita	1884
Armenian calendar	580 ԹՎ ՇՁ
Bahá'í calendar	-713 – -712
Berber calendar	2081
Buddhist calendar	1675
Burmese calendar	493
Byzantine calendar	6639 – 6640
Chinese calendar	庚戌年十二月初一日 (3767/3827-12-1) — to — 辛亥年十二月初十日 (3768/3828-12-10)
Coptic calendar	847 – 848
Ethiopian calendar	1123 – 1124
Hebrew calendar	4891 – 4892
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1186 – 1187
- Shaka Samvat	1053 – 1054
- Kali Yuga	4232 – 4233
Holocene calendar	11131
Iranian calendar	509 – 510
Islamic calendar	525 – 526
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3464
Thai solar calendar	1674
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Events

• May 9—Tintern Abbey is founded.
• Ramon Berenguer IV becomes Count of Barcelona.
• Alberich becomes Archdeacon of Reims.
• Fulk of Anjou and Melisende become King and Queen of Jerusalem.
• Construction begins on the Beisi Pagoda in China (completed in 1162).
• Between 1131–1136 – Theotokos of Vladimir arrives in Kiev.

Births

• King Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)

Deaths

• March 1—King Stephen II of Hungary (b. 1101)
• April 30—Saint Adjutor
• August 21—King Baldwin II of Jerusalem
• December 4—Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
• Alger of Liège, French monk at Cluny (b. 1055)
• Bohemund II of Antioch (b. 1108)
• Gaston IV of Béarn
• Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
• Peter the Hermit, French priest and crusader
• Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (b. 1082)

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