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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 11th century12th century13th century
Decades: 1090s  1100s  1110s  – 1120s –  1130s  1140s  1150s
Years: 1124 1125 112611271128 1129 1130
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The amazing Kalyan minaret

The year 1127 was a time of many important events around the world. It was a common year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar.

Big Changes Around the World

Events in Asia

China's Big Shift

  • On January 9, a group called the Jurchen people attacked and took over Kaifeng. This city was the capital of the Song Empire in China. This event is known as the Jingkang Incident.
  • This attack led to China being split into northern and southern parts for more than 100 years.

Events in Europe

New Rulers and Kingdoms

  • Conrad III started the Hohenstaufen family's rule. He was crowned as an "antiking" against the main Holy Roman Emperor, Lothair II. An antiking was someone who claimed to be the emperor but wasn't fully accepted by everyone.
  • Princes from Normandy formed a group to go against Roger II of Sicily. Roger was a powerful Norman ruler.
  • Roger also got back control of Malta after a rebellion. He made a deal with the city of Savona to keep the seas safe. This was probably after some attacks by the Almoravid people.
  • Count Charles the Good of Flanders was killed.

Cities Becoming Independent

  • The city of Brescia in Italy was first mentioned as having "consuls." This means it had become an independent city, also called a "commune," where citizens had more control.
  • The city of Milan took over its neighbor, Como.

Arts and Buildings

Famous Buildings

  • The amazing minaret of Kalyan was finished in Bukhara. This city is in what is now Uzbekistan. A minaret is a tall, slender tower, often part of a mosque.

People Born in 1127

People Who Died in 1127

  • Probably – Fulcher of Chartres, a French writer who recorded history (born around 1059)
  • Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin, an abbot (leader of a monastery) of Clonmacnoise

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