The world in 1138 AD — what happened that year

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

What happened

The capital was made the Shangjing Huining Prefecture, and the old Shangjing (Linhuang) was renamed Beijing. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷004 熙宗天眷元年8月)
The Henan lands were returned to Song, and envoys including Zhang Tonggu were sent to Jiangnan. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷004 熙宗天眷元年8月)
Hu Quan, compiler in the Privy Council, submitted a memorial opposing the peace and was dismissed; he was placed under surveillance in Zhaozhou. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷029 紹興八年)
Zhang Tonggu and Xiao Zhe arrived at the temporary court and proposed to first return the Henan lands and discuss the rest slowly. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷029 紹興八年)
In the first month, Jin's Left Vice Commander Lu Wang Chang and Right Vice Commander Shen Wang Zong Bi stayed with the army; the supervisor Gao was at Chang'an and the deputy supervisor Salpa at Fengxiang, because they had newly obtained Henan and Shanzhou. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권120 正月 단락120.14.1)

The emperor, failing in his aim, lifts the siege and returns to Antioch (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 15 cap. II (RHC 판 1-1 줄 44093))
Unrest breaks out in the city; the emperor, fearing it, withdraws his demands, and the turmoil subsides (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 15 cap. IV (RHC 판 1-1 줄 44331))
The king besieges and takes a fortress beyond the Jordan; at Tekoa our forces suffer a miserable defeat, and Odo falls (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 15 cap. VI1 (RHC 판 1-1 줄 44569))

David, king of Scots, attacked with a great army; the earl of Aumale fought with a small force and drove him back beside the 'Standard'. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1138 항 (pg657.txt 줄 9345))

Sviatoslav Olgovich is expelled from Novgorod. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1138년)