1131

year

1131 (MCXXXI)was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1131st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 131st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 12th century, and the 2nd year of the 1130s decade. As of the start of 1131, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:11th century12th century13th century
Decades: 1100s  1110s  1120s  – 1130s –  1140s  1150s  1160s
Years:1128 1129 113011311132 1133 1134
1131 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1131
MCXXXI
Ab urbe condita1884
Armenian calendar580
ԹՎ ՇՁ
Assyrian calendar5881
Balinese saka calendar1052–1053
Bengali calendar538
Berber calendar2081
English Regnal year31 Hen. 1 – 32 Hen. 1
Buddhist calendar1675
Burmese calendar493
Byzantine calendar6639–6640
Chinese calendar庚戌(Metal Dog)
3827 or 3767
    — to —
辛亥年 (Metal Pig)
3828 or 3768
Coptic calendar847–848
Discordian calendar2297
Ethiopian calendar1123–1124
Hebrew calendar4891–4892
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1187–1188
 - Shaka Samvat1052–1053
 - Kali Yuga4231–4232
Holocene calendar11131
Igbo calendar131–132
Iranian calendar509–510
Islamic calendar525–526
Japanese calendarDaiji 6 / Tenshō 1
(天承元年)
Javanese calendar1036–1038
Julian calendar1131
MCXXXI
Korean calendar3464
Minguo calendar781 before ROC
民前781年
Nanakshahi calendar−337
Seleucid era1442/1443 AG
Thai solar calendar1673–1674
Tibetan calendar阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
1257 or 876 or 104
    — to —
阴金猪年
(female Iron-Pig)
1258 or 877 or 105

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).

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 4Omar 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)