| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1110s 1120s 1130s - 1140s - 1150s 1160s 1170s |
| Years: | 1144 1145 1146 - 1147 - 1148 1149 1150 |
| 1147 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1147 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1147 MCXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1900 |
| Armenian calendar | 596 ԹՎ ՇՂԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -697 – -696 |
| Berber calendar | 2097 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1691 |
| Burmese calendar | 509 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6655 – 6656 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年十一月廿七日 (3783/3843-11-27) — to —
丁卯年十二月初七日(3784/3844-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 863 – 864 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1139 – 1140 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4907 – 4908 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1202 – 1203 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1069 – 1070 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4248 – 4249 |
| Holocene calendar | 11147 |
| Iranian calendar | 525 – 526 |
| Islamic calendar | 541 – 542 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3480 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1690 |
Events
- April - Abd al-Mu'min destroys the Almoravid Empire after capturing Marrakech.
- June - Invasion of Wagria by Niklot leads to the Wendish Crusade; the Crusaders force tribute from the Wends, but fail to convert most of the population.
- October 21—October 28 - Siege of Lisbon: King Afonso I of Portugal and the Crusaders capture Lisbon from the Moors.
- The Second Crusade starts.
- October 25 — Battle of Dorylaeum (1147): The Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III.
- The city of Moscow is first mentioned in written records.
- Dore Abbey is founded.
- Hildegard of Bingen founds the convent of Rupertsberg near Bingen.
- Roger II of Sicily takes Corfu from the Byzantine Empire, and pillages Corinth, Athens and Thebes.
Births
- May 9 — Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
- date unknown
- Emperor Guangzong of Song (d. 1200)
- Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (d. 1181)
- Ibn Qudamah, Islamic scholar (d. 1223)
- Shōkū, Buddhist leader (d. 1247)
- King Stephen III of Hungary (d. 1172)
- Taira no Munemori, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)
- Wada Yoshimori, Japanese military commander (d. 1213)
- probable - Raimbaut of Orange, troubadour (d. 1173)
Deaths
- January 14 — Robert de Craon, second Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- September 19 — Igor II of Kiev
- October 31 — Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c. 1090)
- date unknown
- Alberic of Ostia, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia (b. 1080)
- John Capellanus, Scottish bishop
- Comita II of Arborea, ruler of Arborea
- Eléonore of Blois, Countess of Vermandois (b. 1104)
- Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Aquitaine (b. c. 1067)
- Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, (b. 1090)
- Pietro Polani, 36th Doge of Venice
- Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120)
- William II of Nevers, Crusader leader (b. 1098)
- William fitz Duncan, Scottish prince
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