1137

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.
• In Song Dynasty China, a fire breaks out in the new capital of Hangzhou; the government suspends the requirement of rent payments, alms of 108,840 kg (120 tons) of rice are distributed to the poor, and items such as bamboo, planks, and rush-matting are exempt from government taxation.

Births

• Amalric I of Jerusalem
• Walter Map, Welsh historian (d. 1209)

Deaths

• March 8 — Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (b. c. 1067)
• April 9 — William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
• August 1 — King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
• September 18 — Eric II of Denmark
• December — Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1075)
• Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine soldier (b. 1062)
• Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz
• Ramanuja, Indian philosopher (b. 1017)
• Pons of Tripoli, Count of Tripoli
• Antipope Gregory VIII
• Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd
• Sergius VII, Duke of Naples

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