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1139

Years:
1136 1137 1138 - 1139 - 1140 1141 1142
Decades:
1100s 1110s 1120s - 1130s - 1140s 1150s 1160s
Centuries:
11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

*July 26, Independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León and Castile declared after the Battle of Ourique against the Almoravides lead by Ali ibn Yusuf: Prince Afonso Henriques becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal, after assembling the first assembly of the estates-general of Portugal at Lamego, where he was given the Crown from the Bishop of Bragança, to confirm the independence.
* Second Council of the Lateran

Births

* June 16 - Emperor Konoe of Japan (died 1155)

Deaths

* January 25 - Godfrey I of Louvain
*February 18 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
* October 20 - Henry X, Duke of Bavaria
* Roger of Salisbury, English bishop



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