1119 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1080s 1090s 1100s – 1110s – 1120s 1130s 1140s
Years:	1116 1117 1118 – 1119 – 1120 1121 1122

The year 1119 was a time of important events in history. It was a common year that started on a Wednesday in the Julian calendar.

Important Events of 1119

June 28 – The Battle of Ager Sanguinis happened. A ruler named Ilghazi from Aleppo defeated a Crusader army. This army was from the Principality of Antioch.
August 14 – The Battle of Hab took place. Baldwin II of Jerusalem led the Crusaders to victory. They defeated Ilghazi's army. This battle helped save the city of Antioch.

August 20 – The Battle of Bremule occurred. Henry I of England won a big victory. He defeated the army of Louis VI.
September 19 – A strong Earthquake shook parts of England. It affected areas like Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.
Robert Bruce was an important lord. He gave land and confirmed the church of St. Hilda in Middleburg (Middlesbrough) to Whitby.

February 2 – Pope Callixtus II became the new pope. He was the 162nd pope and took over after Pope Gelasius II.
The Knights Templar were founded. This was a famous group of Christian knights. They were started by Hugh de Payns.
Important Church meetings happened. These were the Councils of Toulouse and Reims.
- The archbishop of Tarragona, Oleguer Bonestruga, spoke about a Crusade. This was a religious war against the Moors in Catalonia.
- In Toulouse, the Church officially spoke against the Petrobrusian heresy. A heresy is a belief that goes against the main teachings of the Church.

A Chinese writer named Zhu Yu wrote a book. It was called Pingzhou Table Talks. In this book, he described something new. He wrote about using separate sections inside ships. These are called hull compartments. This was a very early idea for ship design.
Zhu Yu's book was also the first to mention something else. It reported the use of a magnetic compass for guiding ships at sea. However, another Chinese writer, Shen Kuo, had described the magnetic compass itself earlier. That was in his book Dream Pool Essays in 1088.