Chronyas has 2,231 events dated to the 12th century (1101 to 1200 CE), during the Medieval world. Below are the most notable ones, in date order.
Most of the events in this century belong to Civilizations & archaeology and Wars, politics & history.
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- 1101Crusade of 1101
- 1106Construction of Gelati Monastery
- from 1107 to 1110Norwegian Crusade
- 1110Birth of Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti
- 1110Construction of Maiden's Tower
- 19 December 1111Death of Al-Ghazali
- from c. 1113 to 1150Suryavarman II builds Angkor Wat
- from 1115 to 1569Republic of Florence
- from 1115 to 1234Jin dynasty
- from 1118 to 1791Construction of Abbey of Fontenay
- from c. 1120s to 1390sRise of Guelphs and Ghibellines
- from 1121 to 1269Almohads
- 23 September 1122Concordat of Worms
- December 1122Birth of Frederick Barbarossa
- from 1125 to 1389Grand Principality of Vladimir
- from 1126 to 1485House of Plantagenet
- 14 April 1126Birth of Averroes
- from 1130 to 1816Kingdom of Sicily
- 18 October 1130Birth of Zhu Xi
- 4 December 1131Death of Omar Khayyám
- from 1132 to 1539Origins of Fountains Abbey
- from 1136 to 1478Novgorod Republic
- 1137Construction of St. Stephen's Cathedral
- c. 1138Birth of Moshe ben Maimon
- 1138Birth of Saladin
- from 25 July 1139 to 5 October 1910Kingdom of Portugal
- from 1140 to 1530Gothic art
- 1147Construction of Koutoubia Mosque
- 1147Construction of Maulbronn Monastery
- from 1147 to 1149Second Crusade
- 1148Founding of Offenburg
- from 1150 to 1971Founding of University of Paris
- 1150Construction of Poblet Monastery
- from 1154 to 1242Angevin Empire
- 8 September 1157Birth of Richard I of England
- c. 1158Origins of Munich
- 1160Construction of Chillon Castle
- from 1162 to 1841Kingdom of Navarre
- 31 May 1162Birth of Genghis Khan
- from 6 August 1162 to 1 January 1715Crown of Aragon
- from 1163 to 1169Crusader invasions of Egypt
- 1163Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris begins
- 28 July 1165Birth of Ibn Arabi
- c. 1167Origins of Copenhagen
- from 7 April 1167 to 1 January 1250Founding of Lombard League
- 1170Birth of Fibonacci
- from 1171 to 1341Ayyubid dynasty
- 1177Construction of pont Saint-Bénézet
- 1178Construction of Veliky Ustyug
- 1179Origins of Dover Castle
- from 1180 to 1185Genpei War
- 24 June 1182Birth of Francis of Assisi
- from 1185 to 1333Kamakura period
- from 1185 to 1396Second Bulgarian Empire
- 1186Construction of Studenica monastery
- c. 1187Origins of Stockholm
- from 1187 to 1833Construction of Alcobaça Monastery
- from 20 September 1187 to 2 October 1187Conquest of Jerusalem
- from 1189 to 1192Third Crusade
- from 28 August 1189 to 12 July 1191Siege of Acre
- c. 1191Origins of Bern
- 7 September 1191Battle of Arsuf
- 1193Origins of Chernobyl
- 4 March 1193Death of Saladin
- 1194Construction of Minaret of Jam
- 26 December 1194Birth of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1195Construction of Bourges Cathedral
- 1196Construction of Siena Cathedral
- from 1198 to 1918Kingdom of Bohemia
- 1198Construction of Giralda
- 24 July 1198Livonian Crusade
- 10 December 1198Death of Averroes
- from 1199 to 1349Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
- from 1200 to 1523Aztec
- 1200Construction of Meenakshi Temple
- c. 1200Construction of Rouen Cathedral
- 1200Birth of Albertus Magnus
- c. 1200sKilwa becomes a great Swahili trading city
- c. 1200sThe rock-hewn churches of Lalibela are carved
- 23 April 1200Death of Zhu Xi