1130 CE

Pope Innocent II succeeds Pope Honorius II, as the 164th pope. Other factions (including Roger II of Sicily), however, support Anacletus II as pope, leading to the papal schism of 1130, and Innocent flees to France. Magnus IV and his uncle Harald Gille become joint kings of Norway, starting the civil war era in Norway. Jin–Song Wars: Battle of Huangtiandang – Naval forces of the Song dynasty trap Wuzhu's Jin troops in the city for 48 days.

In the 1130s, the 12th century.

Conflict & Security

  • January 22 – Jin–Song Wars: Jin forces take Hangzhou.source
  • February 4 – Jin–Song Wars: Jin forces take Shaoxing.source
  • March 26 – Magnus IV and his uncle Harald Gille become joint kings of Norway, starting the civil war era in Norway.source
  • April 24 – Jin–Song Wars: Battle of Huangtiandang – Naval forces of the Song dynasty trap Wuzhu's Jin troops in the city for 48 days.source
  • Approximate date – Magnus the Strong is deposed as king of Götaland, when Sverker the Elder proclaims himself king of Sweden.source

Religion & Belief

  • February 14 – Pope Innocent II succeeds Pope Honorius II, as the 164th pope. Other factions (including Roger II of Sicily), however, support Anacletus II as pope, leading to the papal schism of 1130, and Innocent flees to France.source
  • December 25 – Antipope Anacletus crowns Roger II of Sicily king.source

Births

  • Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1176)source
  • Baldwin III of Jerusalem (died 1162)source
  • Daoji, Chinese Buddhist monk (died 1207)source
  • Zhu Xi, Chinese Confucian scholar (died 1200)source
  • Eustace IV of Boulogne, a Count of Boulogne and the son and heir of Stephen, King of England (approximate date; d. 1153)source
  • Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (a.k.a. Strongbow), who led the Norman invasion of Ireland (died 1176).Irelandsource

Deaths

  • February 13 – Pope Honorius II (born 1060)source
  • March 26 – King Sigurd I of Norway (born c. 1090)source
  • October 16 – Pedro González de Lara, Castilian magnatesource
  • November 11 – Teresa of León, Countess of Portugal, Portuguese regent (born 1080)source
  • Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon (born 1074)source
  • Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury (born 1052)source
  • Brahmadeva, Indian mathematician (born 1060)source
  • Diemoth, German nun and writer (born 1060) (approximately)source
  • Alam al-Malika, Yemenite politiciansource