1145 ( MCXLV ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar , the 1145th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 145th year of the 2nd millennium , the 45th year of the 12th century , and the 6th year of the 1140s decade. As of the start of 1145, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• February 15 ? Pietro Bernardo Paganelli of Montemagno, Calci is elected as Pope Eugene III , and succeeds Pope Lucius II as the 167th pope .
• Pope Eugene III issues Quantum praedecessores , calling for the Second Crusade
• Construction begins on Notre-Dame d'Chartres in Chartres, France
• Kim Pusik and his team of historians finishes the making of the Korean historical text Samguk Sagi .
• Woburn Abbey founded.
• Arnold of Brescia joins the revolutionary Commune of Rome , where he becomes its leader for the next 10 years.

Births [ change | change source ]

• Maria of Antioch , Byzantine Empress (d. 1182 )
• Marie de Champagne , Countess of Champagne (d. 1198)
• Theodora Comnena , Queen of Jerusalem
• Pope Gregory IX (d. 1241 )
• Al-Adil I , Ayyubid-Egyptian general and ruler (d. 1218 )
• Amalric II of Jerusalem (d. 1205)

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• February 15 ? Pope Lucius II
• Zhang Zeduan , Chinese painter (b. 1085 )