The world in 1131 AD — what happened that year

7 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.

What happened

China (3)

• Zong Bi fought Song's Wu Jie at Heshangyuan and was defeated. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史 卷003 太宗 天會九年10月)
• The bandit Cao Cheng entered Hanyang Army, then Ezhou, and then headed toward Jiangxi. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷026 紹興元年)
• On the tenth month, yihai, Wu Jie, Shaanxi Lu Tongzhi, fought Jin at Heshangyuan and won a great victory. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권110 十月 단락110.6.0)

Korean Peninsula (1)

• 1131: Yi Jung-bu is sent to build the Imwon palace walls in Seogyeong, and the Palseong Hall is set up in the palace, following Myocheong's theory (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권9 仁宗恭孝大王 九年)

West Asia (2)

• The king returns to Jerusalem, dies of a grave illness, and is buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre beside the other kings (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 13 cap. XXVIII1 (RHC 판 1-1 줄 40601))
• Fulk, count of Anjou: his origin and character; the third king of Jerusalem (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 14 cap. I (RHC 판 1-1 줄 40887))

Western Europe (1)

• The night sky seemed to burn, and a plague of cattle and pigs swept all of England; on one farm hundreds of pigs were wiped out. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1131 항 (pg657.txt 줄 9169))

Same events recorded in this year

• Battle of Heshangyuan (1131) — the same event in History of Jin and Xu Zizhi Tongjian

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