1141

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s
Years:	1138 1139 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144

1141 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1141 MCXLI
Ab urbe condita	1894
Armenian calendar	590 ԹՎ ՇՂ
Assyrian calendar	5891
Balinese saka calendar	1062–1063
Bengali calendar	548
Berber calendar	2091
English Regnal year	6 Ste. 1 – 7 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1685
Burmese calendar	503
Byzantine calendar	6649–6650
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 3838 or 3631     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 3839 or 3632
Coptic calendar	857–858
Discordian calendar	2307
Ethiopian calendar	1133–1134
Hebrew calendar	4901–4902
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1197–1198
- Shaka Samvat	1062–1063
- Kali Yuga	4241–4242
Holocene calendar	11141
Igbo calendar	141–142
Iranian calendar	519–520
Islamic calendar	535–536
Japanese calendar	Hōen 7 / Eiji (era) 1 (永治元年)
Javanese calendar	1047–1048
Julian calendar	1141 MCXLI
Korean calendar	3474
Minguo calendar	771 before ROC 民前771年
Nanakshahi calendar	−327
Seleucid era	1452/1453 AG
Thai solar calendar	1683–1684
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1267 or 886 or 114     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1268 or 887 or 115

Year 1141 (MCXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• February 2 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the throne of England from King Stephen, who is captured and imprisoned.
• February 13 – Géza II is crowned King of Hungary and Croatia at age 11, succeeding his father.
• May 14 – Sephardi Jewish philosopher Judah Halevi sets off from Alexandria on a pilgrimage to Palestine.
• September 9 – Battle of Qatwan: Yelü Dashi, founder of the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuk Empire and Kara-Khanid forces.
• September 14 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne, after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.
• November 1 – The Anarchy in the Kingdom of England – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester is exchanged by Empress Matilda for King Stephen, who reassumes the throne of England.
• November – The Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty sign the Treaty of Shaoxing, and peace in the Jin–Song Wars lasts for the next twenty years. The Huai River is established as the boundary between them.
• The first German colonists (the future Transylvanian Saxon community) arrive in Transylvania, following grants by Geza II of Hungary. The colonization process is completed in 1162.
• The Italian winemaking company Ricasoli is founded.

Births

• Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (d. 1165)
• Nizami Ganjavi, Persian poet (d. 1209) (Possibly 1140 or 1142)

Deaths

• February 11 – Hugh of Saint Victor, Saxon philosopher, theologian and mystic (b. c. 1078)
• February 13 – Béla II, King of Hungary and Croatia (b. c. 1109)
• April 12 or April 13 – Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia
• May – Aubrey de Vere II, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1062)
• June 10 – Richenza of Northeim, German empress (b. c. 1087/89)
• October 18 – Leopold, Duke of Bavaria (b. c. 1108)
• Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami, Persian Sufi writer, mystic and poet (b. 1048)
• Judah Halevi, Sephardi Jewish philosopher and poet (b. c. 1075)
• Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges (b. 1085)