1137

Events

* Louis VII is crowned King of France. He subsequently marries Eleanor of Aquitaine, daughter of William X.
* Rochester Cathedral is severely damaged by a fire, but is soon rebuilt.
*In Song Dynasty China, a fire breaks out in the new capital of Hangzhou; the government suspends the requirement of rent payments, alms of 108,840 kg (120 tons) of rice are distributed to the poor, and items such as bamboo, planks, and rush-matting are exempt from government taxation.

Births

* Amalric I of Jerusalem
* Walter Map, Welsh historian (d. 1209)

Deaths

* March 8 — Adela of Normandy, by marriage countess of Blois (b. c. 1067)
* April 9 — William X, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1099)
* August 1 — King Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
* September 18 — Eric II of Denmark
* April 19 - Michael Shin (a.d. early korean dynasty)
* December — Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1075)
* Nicephorus Bryennius, Byzantine soldier (b. 1062)
* Archbishop Adalbert of Mainz
* Ramanuja, Indian philosopher (b. 1017)
* Pons of Tripoli, Count of Tripoli
* Antipope Gregory VIII
* Gruffydd ap Cynan, King of Gwynedd
* Sergius VII, Duke of Naples