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| 1140 in poetry | 
| Gregorian calendar | 1140 MCXL  | 
| Ab urbe condita | 1893 | 
| Armenian calendar | 589 ԹՎ ՇՁԹ  | 
| Assyrian calendar | 5890 | 
| Balinese saka calendar | 1061–1062 | 
| Bengali calendar | 547 | 
| Berber calendar | 2090 | 
| English Regnal year | 5 Ste. 1 – 6 Ste. 1 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 1684 | 
| Burmese calendar | 502 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 6648–6649 | 
| Chinese calendar | 己未年 (Earth Goat) 3837 or 3630 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3838 or 3631  | 
| Coptic calendar | 856–857 | 
| Discordian calendar | 2306 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1132–1133 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 4900–4901 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1196–1197 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1061–1062 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4240–4241 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11140 | 
| Igbo calendar | 140–141 | 
| Iranian calendar | 518–519 | 
| Islamic calendar | 534–535 | 
| Japanese calendar | Hōen 6 (保延6年)  | 
| Javanese calendar | 1046–1047 | 
| Julian calendar | 1140 MCXL  | 
| Korean calendar | 3473 | 
| Minguo calendar | 772 before ROC 民前772年  | 
| Nanakshahi calendar | −328 | 
| Seleucid era | 1451/1452 AG | 
| Thai solar calendar | 1682–1683 | 
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1266 or 885 or 113 — to — 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1267 or 886 or 114  | 

Conrad III at the Siege of Weinsberg
Year 1140 (MCXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
- Spring – King Fulk of Jerusalem confronts Imad al-Din Zengi, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Mosul, near Dara'a in southern Syria.[1] Turkish forces under Mu'in al-Din (supported by the Crusaders) besiege Banias.
 
Europe
- Spring – King Conrad III enfeoffs Henry II (Jasomirgott), a member of the House of Babenberg, with the County Palatine of the Rhine (belonging to the Holy Roman Empire).
 - Summer – King Roger II promulgates the Assizes of Ariano (a series of laws to rule the Norman Kingdom of Sicily) after the pacification of southern Italy.
 - December 21 – Siege of Weinsberg: Conrad III captures the castle at Weinsberg during the civil war between the Staufers and the Welfs in Germany.
 
England and Scotland
- Summer – King Stephen appoints Geoffrey de Mandeville as Earl of Essex for his support during the civil war against Matilda (Stephen's cousin).
 - The town of Lanark in Scotland is made a Royal Burgh by King David I, giving it merchant privileges relating to government and taxation.
 
Asia
- August 21 – Jin–Song Wars – Battle of Yancheng: Chinese forces under the command of Yue Fei defeat a numerically superior Jin army led by Wuzhu.
 
By topic
Religion
- June 3 – Pierre Abelard, a French theologian, is condemned for heresy by the Council of Sens. He sets out for Rome to present his defense to Pope Innocent II.
 - 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.[2] The order enjoys a rapid expansion in the region in the following 15 years.
 
Literature
- Gratian, an Italian monk and canon lawyer, founds the science of Canon law with the publication of the Decretum Gratiani (approximate date).
 
Births
- May 28 – Xin Qiji, Chinese military leader (d. 1207)
 - Adela of Champagne, queen of France (d. 1206)
 - Alan Fitz Walter, Scottish High Steward (d. 1204)
 - Cadfan ap Cadwaladr, Welsh nobleman (d. 1215)
 - Davyd Rostislavich, Kievan Grand Prince (d. 1197)
 - Domhnall Caomhánach, king of Leinster (d. 1175)
 - Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi, German rabbi (d. 1225)
 - Fujiwara no Tashi, Japanese empress (d. 1202)
 - Gerard de Ridefort, Flemish Grand Master (d. 1189)
 - Hedwig, margravine of Meissen (approximate date)
 - Hugh de Paduinan, Norman nobleman (d. 1189)
 - John I, archbishop of Trier (approximate date)
 - John I, Norman nobleman (approximate date)
 - John of Ford, English Cistercian abbot (d. 1224)
 - Manfred II, marquess of Saluzzo (approximate date)
 - Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese nobleman (d. 1160)
 - Peter Waldo, French spiritual leader (d. 1205)
 - Raymond III, crusader and count of Tripoli (d. 1187)
 - Raymond the Palmer, Italian pilgrim (d. 1200)
 - Simon II, duke of Lorraine (approximate date)
 - Sophia of Minsk, queen of Denmark (d. 1198)
 - Walter Map, Welsh clergyman and writer (d. 1210)
 - William FitzRalph, English High Sheriff (d. 1200)
 - Yuan Cai, Chinese scholar and official (d. 1195)
 
Deaths
- January 12 – Louis I, German nobleman
 - February 6 – Thurstan, archbishop of York
 - February 14 
- Leo I, prince of Armenia
 - Soběslav I, duke of Bohemia
 
 - August 21 – Yang Zaixing, Chinese general
 - August 31 – Godebold, bishop of Meissen
 - September 15 – Adelaide, duchess of Bohemia
 - November 16 – Wulgrin II, count of Angoulême
 - Aibert, French monk and hermit (b. 1060)
 - Baldwin of Rieti, Italian Benedictine abbot
 - Diego Gelmírez, Galician archbishop (b. 1069)
 - Gaucherius, French priest and hermit (b. 1060)
 - Hugh the Chanter, English historian and writer
 - Kumarapala, Indian ruler of the Pala Empire
 - Lhachen Naglug, Indian ruler of Ladakh (b. 1110)
 - Li Gang, Chinese Grand Chancellor (b. 1083)
 - Toba Sōjō, Japanese artist-monk (b. 1053)
 - Wanyan Xiyin, Chinese chief adviser
 
References
- ↑ David Nicolle (2009). Osprey: Campaign 204. The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus, p. 15. ISBN 978-184603-354-4.
 - ↑ Fletcher, R. A. (1987). "Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5. 37: 31–47 [45]. doi:10.2307/3679149. JSTOR 3679149. S2CID 154629568.
 
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