1118

This page relates to the year 1118 Calendrier Julien.

Events

the philosopher Avempace, exiled to Fès after the catch of Saragossa by Alphonse Ier d' Aragon enters the political life. It is by twice vizier with Fès, at the Almoravides. He will be imprisoned by twice, initially for treason, then for heresy.

Forwarding of Baudouin Ier of Jerusalem in Egypt with 216 knights and 400 infantrymen. It crosses the the Sinai, occupies without resistance the town of Farama and reached the Nile. Baudouin falls ill. Repatriated in Palestine, he dies on the way in el-Arish, the North-East of the Sinai (April 2nd). His/her cousin Baudouin d' Edesse succeeds to him.

April 2nd: Beginning of the reign of Baudouin II of the Borough, king of Jerusalem (fine in 1131).

the military and religious order of the Templiers is founded, with Jerusalem by Hugues de Payns and some knights (Godefroy of Saint-Love, André de Montbard, Geoffroy de Saint-Omer…) in order to protect the roads borrowed by the pilgrims.

the Comté of Edesse must give up Gargar with the Turks.
Foundation of the Turkish principality of the Mengüdjedides of Erzindjan (Anatolia).
the Turkish emir Ilghazi, governor of Mardin in Mésopotamie, enters Alep during the summer. He marries the girl of Ridwan and beats the recall of his troops.

Beginning of the reign of Al-Mustarchid Bi-llah, Abbasid caliph “.
Beginning of the reign of Mahmoud II, Sultan Saljûqide of Iraq (fine in 1131).
Sanjar, sultan Saljûqide of Persian (fine in 1157), subjects all Persia.
Beginning of the reign of Yamîn Al-Dawla Bahrâm Shâh, sultan Ghaznavide (fine in 1152)

August 15th: Beginning of the reign of Jean II Comnène, Byzantine Emperor (fine in 1143).

the Jean II, called “ largest of the Comnène ” ensures interior peace thanks to its agrarian policy and consolidates the empire, centred on the Balkans. It is devoted in priority to the tender of the Serbes that the Hungary supports from now on against the Byzantine interventions.
After the death of his/her father, Anne Comnène conspires against her brother Jean II Comnène, in the hope to put on the throne her husband the soldier Nicéphore Bryenne. The plot fails and Anne withdraws herself in a monastery, where it devotes to Alexiade , a historical work in fifteen volumes (completed in 1148).

the Aragon board beat the Moors in the North-West of the Spain and make Saragossa their capital.

January 24th: Beginning of the Pontificate of Gélase II (fine in 1119).
March 10th: Beginning of the Pontificate of the Antipape Gregoire VIII (fine in 1121).

Henri V drives out of Rome the pope Gélase II (Jean de Gaète) to which it opposes the antipape Gregoire VIII (1118 - 1122). Gélase II excommunicates Henri V and Gregoire then takes refuge in France.

Completion of the abbey third of Cluny.
In Germany, one adds the Family name to the Prénom.
the goldsmith Rénier of Huy runs in bronze the baptismal font of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre church of Liege.

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