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