1140 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1110s 1120s 1130s – 1140s – 1150s 1160s 1170s
Years:	1137 1138 1139 – 1140 – 1141 1142 1143

Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

December 21 – Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg, the stronghold of Welfs.
Henry Jasomirgott is made count palatine of the Rhine.
The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by David I of Scotland.
Marburg becomes a town.
The Assizes of Ariano are enacted by Roger II of Sicily.
Roger II of Sicily places the practice of medicine under royal control.

June 3 – Pierre Abelard is condemned for heresy by a church court in Sens, France.
September 8 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi, having completed the Kuzari, arrives in Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
The first Cistercian monastery in Spain is founded in Fitero. The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.
Camaldolite monk Gratian founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani.