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AD 1150: The University of Paris was founded.

AD 1146: Confucius was recognized as an emperor by the Western Xià Dynasty. Though Confucius was respected in Chinese history, this was the only time he got worshipped as an emperor.

AD 1143: King of Léon and Castile Alfonso VII signed the Treaty of Zamora and acknowledged his cousin Afonso Henriques's title and the de facto independence of Portugal.

AD 1139: Southern Sòng Dynasty reached a peace agreement with the Jurchen Empire. However, some important generals like Yuè Fēi were against this agreement and would continue to fight against Jurchens despite their emperor's order.

AD 1137: Byzantine Emperor John II Comnenus's army besieged the city of Antioch. Several days later Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, surrendered and Antioch became a fief of the Byzantine Empire.

Premise: AD 1127: The Jurchen Empire took the capital city of Sòng Dynasty and captured their emperor (and former emperor). Zhào Gòu, one of the sons of Emperor Huīzōng, escaped to the south and re-organized Sòng Dynasty's government. He was enthroned as Emperor Gāozōng of Sòng and his country...

AD 1125: Seeing the weakness of their neighbor on the south, Jurchen Empire attacked Sòng Dynasty in October. In a hurry, Emperor Huīzōng declared his abdication in December since he did not want to take the responsibility for defeat. His son Zhào Huán succeeded him as Emperor Qīnzōng of Sòng.

AD 1123: Jurchen army occupied the southern capital of Khitan Empire (nowadays Běijīng; Khitan Empire had three capitals and they had already lost the other two before). The Khitan Emperor went missing. This is considered the end of Khitan Empire by some historians, however others think it would...

AD 1121: Battle of Didgori – More than one hundred thousand men fought in this battle between Christians and Seljuk Turks. Led by King David IV of Georgia, the Christian armies crushed their enemies so completely that commander of Turks, Ilghazi, fled from the battlefield alone, leaving nearly...

AD 1119: Two Jurchen ministers, Wanyan Xiyin and Yelu, invented a writing system for Jurchen language based on the form of Chinese script and Khitan script. This was known as the Greater Jurchen Script. Emperor Aguda soon mandated the use of this script throughout his Empire.

AD 1117: An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 struck Verona (nowadays northern Italy) and affected multiple European states. It was one of the strongest earthquakes in Italy.

AD 1115: The Jurchen Empire (also known as Jīn Dynasty, but I'm afraid people will confuse it with Jìn Dynasty in AD 266) was founded by Jurchen leader Aguda. After the founding of country, Aguda immediately declared war against the Khitan Empire. It would rule Northern China for more than 100...

AD 1113: A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains (千里江山圖) was completed by Chinese painter Wáng Xīmèng. It is considered the greatest river-and-mountain painting of China.

AD 1110: An unknown volcanic eruption (probably in Iceland) released smokes that engulfed the European sky, leading to a lunar eclipse where the moon vanished from the sky according to Peterborough Chronicle.

AD 1108: The city of Vladimir was found upon Klyazma River by Kyivan 'Rus Prince Vladimir Monomach. It was one of the oldest cities in Russia and part of it has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage.