1127
Year 1127 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
- March 2 - Charles the Good, count of Flanders, is murdered by a band of knights while praying in church; he leaves no children. King Louis VI of France appoints William Clito as new ruler. But the Flemish towns of Bruges, Ghent, Saint-Omer and Ypres recognize Thierry of Alsace as rival count.
- Spring - The forces of Alfonso VII of León and Castile begin the Siege of Guimarães, which will end in their withdrawal.
- Summer - King Roger II of Sicily claims the Hauteville possessions in Italy as well the overlordship of Capua. However, a coalition of Norman noblemen in Apulia and Calabria resist against Sicilian rule. The same year, Roger regains control over Malta after a rebellion. Roger II also establishes a pact with the maritime Republic of Savona to guarantee the security of the Mediterranean Sea, probably following an Almoravid raid against the Sicilian realm.
- December 18 - Conrad III is elected and crowned as anti-king of Germany at Nuremberg.
England
- King Henry I of England arranges the marriage of his daughter Matilda to the 14-year-old Geoffrey of Anjou. This is done to ensure an alliance between England and Anjou, and to prevent Fulk allying with Louis VI. Henry has the English nobles swear allegiance to Matilda as the rightful heir to the throne. Upon his death, her cousin Stephen of Blois crosses the channel and usurps her throne, becoming the King of England. She wages a lengthy civil war known as the Anarchy, which lasts from 1135–1154.
Levant
- Imad ad-Din Zengi, a Turkish military leader, becomes governor of Mosul. He seizes the cities of Nisibin, Sinjar and Harran in the Jazira Region.
Asia
- January 9 - Jin–Song Wars: Jurchen forces sack the Chinese capital of Kaifeng of the Northern Song dynasty during the Jingkang incident. They capture Emperor Qinzong, along with his father, Huizong, and members of the House of Zhao.
- June 12 - Qinzong's younger brother, the 20-year-old Gaozong, re-establishes the Song dynasty in Lin'an and is proclaimed emperor.
By topic
Religion
- The Kalyan minaret is completed in Bukhara.
Births
- April 16 - Felix of Valois, French nobleman and hermit
- May 23 - Uijong, Korean ruler of Goryeo
- July 23 - Zhao Fu, emperor of the Song Dynasty
- October 18 - Go-Shirakawa, Japanese emperor
- October 29 - Yang Wanli, Chinese politician and poet
- November 27 - Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Chinese emperor
- December - Henry I, count of Champagne
- Bolesław I the Tall, duke of Wrocław
- Approximate date - Julian of Cuenca, Spanish bishop
Deaths
- February 7 - Ava, German poet
- February 10 - William IX, duke of Aquitaine
- March 2 - Charles the Good, count of Flanders
- March 23 - Ottone Frangipane, Italian Benedictine monk and saint
- May 16 - Gens du Beaucet, French hermit and saint
- July - William II, Norman duke of Apulia and Calabria
- August 12 - Jordan of Ariano, Norman warrior and nobleman
- September 1 - Prince Álmos, duke of Hungary and Croatia
- October 1 - Morphia of Melitene, queen consort of Jerusalem
- November 1 - Zhang Bangchang, ruler of Da Chu
- November 12 - Godbald, bishop of Utrecht
- November 25 - Minamoto no Yoshimitsu, Japanese samurai
- December 19 - Jordan II, prince of Capua
- Fujiwara no Hiroko, Japanese empress consort
- Gilla Críst Ua Máel Eóin, Irish historian and abbot
- Gualfardo of Verona, Italian trader and hermit
- William III, count of Burgundy
- Zhu, Chinese empress of the Song dynasty