1135

Events

* January — Byland Abbey is founded.
* December 1 - Stephen succeeds his uncle Henry I as king of England. Matilda, daughter of Henry I and widow of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V, opposes Stephen and claims the throne as her own.
* The domination of Baghdad by the Seljuk Turks ends.
* The first records of the Manor of Cramlington come into existence.
* The Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary and St. Chad is founded by Roger de Clinton, bishop of Coventry (1129-48).
* A fire in London seriously damages St Paul's Cathedral and London Bridge.
* Song Dynasty Chinese general Yue Fei defeats the rebel forces of Yang Yao by entangling his swift paddle-wheel ships with rotten logs and other debris precariously placed in the river. Yue Fei's forces easily board their ships and win a victory.

Births

* Petronila of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II of Aragon (d. 1174)
* Peter of Blois, French poet and diplomat (d. 1203)
* Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and theologian (d. 1201)
* Sharafeddin Tusi, Persian mathematician (d. 1213)
* William of Newburgh, English historian and monk (d. 1198)

Deaths

* June 4 — Emperor Huizong of China (b. 1082)
* December 1 — King Henry I of England
* Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
* Milarepa, Tibetan yogi and poet (b. 1052)
* Yuanwu Keqin, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (born 1063)