The coronation of Japan's Emperor Sutoku takes place.
March 25 –
St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, commonly known as Barts, is founded by
Rahere, a favourite courtier of
King Henry I; it is now the oldest hospital in the United Kingdom operating on its original site.[1]
April–June
April 18 – King
Baldwin II of Jerusalem is captured by Turkish forces under
Belek Ghazi – while preparing to practice
falconry near Gargar on the
Euphrates. Most of the Crusader army is massacred, and Baldwin is taken to the castle at
Kharput. To save the situation the
Venetians are asked to help. Doge
Domenico Michiel lifts the siege of
Corfu (see
1122) and takes his fleet to
Acre, arriving at the port in the end of May.[2]
May 9 – A fire in the city of
Lincoln nearly destroys the Lincolnshire town; it is memorialized 600 years later by historian
Paul de Rapin.[3]
May 30 – The Venetian fleet arrives at
Ascalon and instantly sets about attacking the Fatimid fleet. The Egyptians fall into a trap, caught between two Venetian squadrons, and are destroyed or captured. While sailing back to Acre, the Venetians capture a merchant-fleet of ten richly laden vessels.[5]
May – Baldwin II and
Joscelin I are rescued by 50
Armenian soldiers (disguised as monks and merchants) at Kharput. They kill the guards, and infiltrate the castle where the prisoners are kept. Joscelin escapes to seek help. However, the castle is soon besieged by Turkish forces under Belek Ghazi – and is after some time recaptured. Baldwin and
Waleran of Le Puiset are moved for greater safety to the castle of
Harran.[6]
The
Pactum Warmundi: A treaty of alliance, is established between the
Kingdom of Jerusalem and the
Republic of Venice at Acre. The Venetians receive a street, with a church, baths and a bakery, free of all obligations, in every town of the kingdom. They are also excused of all tolls and taxes.[14]
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^Paul Fridolin Kehr, Italia pontificia, Vol. IX (Weidmann 1962) p.474
^Bernard F. Reilly, The Kingdom of León-Castilla under Queen Urraca, 1109–1126 (Princeton University Press, 1982) p.176
^Jonathan Lyon, (2007). "The Withdrawal of Aged Noblemen into Monastic Communities: Interpreting the Sources from Twelfth-Century Germany", in Old Age in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (De Gruyter, 2007) p.147
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