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Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades: 1090s 1100s 1110s 1120s 1130s - \'1140s' - 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s
Years: 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 - 1144 - 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149
Events
- Pope Celestine II is succeeded by Pope Lucius II
- December 24 - Edessa falls to Zengi
- Montauban, France, is founded
- First recorded example of an anti-Semitic blood libel in England
- Normandy comes under Angevin control
- Earliest example of Gothic architecture, in the choir of Saint Denis Basilica in Paris
- First recorded mention of Ljubljana, Slovenia
- The Commune of Rome (the town council) is founded
- Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond, Prince of Antioch, under Byzantine influence.
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