1147
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Events

• April - Abd al-Mu'min destroys the Almoravid Empire after capturing Marrakech.
• June - Invasion of Wagria by Niklot leads to the Wendish Crusade; the Crusaders force tribute from the Wends, but fail to convert most of the population.
• October 21—October 28 - Siege of Lisbon: King Afonso I of Portugal and the Crusaders capture Lisbon from the Moors.
• The Second Crusade starts.
• October 25 — Battle of Dorylaeum (1147): The Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III.
• The city of Moscow is first mentioned in written records.
• Dore Abbey is founded.
• Hildegard of Bingen founds the convent of Rupertsberg near Bingen.
• Roger II of Sicily takes Corfu from the Byzantine Empire, and pillages Corinth, Athens and Thebes.

Births

• May 9 — Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
• date unknown
  • Emperor Guangzong of Song (d. 1200)
  • Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester (d. 1181)
  • Ibn Qudamah, Islamic scholar (d. 1223)
  • Shōkū, Buddhist leader (d. 1247)
  • King Stephen III of Hungary (d. 1172)
  • Taira no Munemori, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)
  • Wada Yoshimori, Japanese military commander (d. 1213)
• probable - Raimbaut of Orange, troubadour (d. 1173)

Deaths

• January 14 — Robert de Craon, second Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• September 19 — Igor II of Kiev
• October 31 — Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician (b. c. 1090)
• date unknown
  • Alberic of Ostia, Cardinal Bishop of Ostia (b. 1080)
  • John Capellanus, Scottish bishop
  • Comita II of Arborea, ruler of Arborea
  • Eléonore of Blois, Countess of Vermandois (b. 1104)
  • Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Aquitaine (b. c. 1067)
  • Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, (b. 1090)
  • Pietro Polani, 36th Doge of Venice
  • Guy II, Count of Ponthieu (b. c. 1120)
  • William II of Nevers, Crusader leader (b. 1098)
  • William fitz Duncan, Scottish prince