1120 ( MCXX ) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar , the 1120th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 120th year of the 2nd millennium , the 20th year of the 12th century , and the 1st year of the 1120s decade. As of the start of 1120, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

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Asia [ change | change source ]

• The Song Dynasty governor of the seaport of Quanzhou , Fujian , China , reports the population of his city has reached 500,000.
• August–September (the eighth month of the Chinese calendar) – Wanyan Xiyin completes the design of the first version of the Jurchen script

Europe [ change | change source ]

• January 16 – The Council of Nablus is held in the Kingdom of Jerusalem .
• June 17 – at the Battle of Cutanda , the Aragonese troops of Alfonso I defeat the Almoravid army. ^[1]
• November 25 – The White Ship is wrecked in the English Channel , resulting in the death of the son of King Henry I of England .
• Walcher of Malvern creates a system of measurement for the earth using degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude .
• Construction begins on Llandaff Cathedral in Wales .
• Foundation of Freiburg in Breisgau .
• Under admirals Abu Abd Allah ibn Maymum of Almeria and Isa ibn Mayum of Sevilla , the Almoravid fleet attacks the Christian kingdom of Galicia . ^[2]

Births [ change | change source ]

• November 28 – Manuel I Comnenus , Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180 )
• Ioveta of Bethany , daughter of Baldwin II of Jerusalem
• Louis VII of France (d. 1180 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• November 25 – William Adelin , son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103 )
• September 3 – Gerard Thom (The Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040 )
• Richard d'Avranches, 2nd Earl of Chester (b. 1094 )

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