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12th Century Timeline

  • 1100 William II killed in New Forest
  • 1100 The Tower of London welcomes its first prisoner
  • 1100-1200 The German Stammheim Missalwas created
  • 1100-1135 Rule of King Henry I
  • 1106 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, died
  • 1106 Henry I of England defeated his brother Robert Curthose at the Battle of Tinchebrai reuniting England
  • 1111 In a bad mood, Henry V of Germany abducts Pope Paschal II
  • 1117 Thomas Becket born
  • 1117 Abelard gets Heloise pregnant
  • 1117 First Leper Hospital in London
  • 1119 Founding of The Knights Templar
  • 1122 Eleanor of Aquitaine born
  • 1130 The Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected anti-pope Anacletus II
  • 1130 The first travel book was written on the Camino de Santiago leading eventually to the worst book on the Camino de Santiago by Shirley Maclaine
  • 1135 King Henry I of England Dies
  • 1135-1154 The Great Anarchy Period of Civil War in England
  • 1136 Abbot Suger begins building Saint-Denis
  • 1138 The Anti-Pope Victor IV overthrows himself in favor of Innocentius II
  • 1138 The English defeat the Scots at Cowton Moor
  • 1139 The countries of northern Europe ban incendiary weapons
  • 1142 Pierre Abelard born
  • 1145-1148 The Second Crusade
  • 1153 Bernard of Clairvaux dies
  • 1154 Thomas Becket made Chancellor to the King, Henry II
  • 1154-1189 Rule of King Henry II
  • 1159 John of Salisbury writes The Metalogicon
  • 1169 The conquest of Ireland begins
  • 1170 Thomas Becket is killed
  • 1178 The Anti-Pope Callistus III give pope title to Alexander III
  • 1179 Hildegard of Bingen dies
  • 1182 Francis of Assisi born
  • 1189 The first mayor of London is elected
  • 1189-1199 Rule of King Richard I (Richard the Lionheart)
  • 1189-1192 The Third Crusade
  • 1190 The Crusaders massacre the Jews of York
  • 1190 The Crusaders massacre the Jews in Bury St. Edmonds
  • 1191 King Richard I (1157-1199), Richard the Lionheart, executes 2,700-3,000 Muslim prisoners in Acre
  • 1194 Chartres Cathedral destroyed by fire
  • 1199 Prince John made King of England