1141

Events

* February 2 — Battle of Lincoln: Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Empress Matilda wrest control of the English throne from King Stephen.
* September 14 — Rout of Winchester: Empress Matilda returns to the throne after Robert is captured by loyalist forces.
* November 1 - Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester is exchanged by Empress Matilda for King Stephen, who reassumes the throne of England.
* November — The Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty sign the Treaty of Shaoxing and peace lasts for the next twenty years.
* The Italian winemaking company "Ricasoli" is founded.
* The first German colonists (the future Transylvanian Saxon community) arrive in Transylvania, following grants by Andrew II of Hungary. The colonization process is completed in 1162.

Births

* Constance of Castile, Queen of France (d. 1160)
* Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (approximate date; d. 1165)
* Nezami, Persian poet (d. 1209)

Deaths

* February 11 — Hugh of St Victor, Saxon philosopher, theologian and mystic (b. c. 1078)
* June 10 — Richenza of Northeim, German empress (b. c. 1087/89)
* October 18 — Margrave Leopold IV of Austria (b. c. 1108)
* August 5 - Sheikh Ahmad Jami
* Alberich of Reims, Archbishop of Bourges (b. 1085)
* Yehuda Halevi, poet and philosopher (b. c.1075)
* Aubrey de Vere, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (b. 1062)