1144

Assignment
On January 19th 2020, u/FluxCube was assigned the number 1144 by The Number God, after offering 43 schmeckles for a number.

43 schmeckles equates to approximately £4894 GBP, $6363 USD, 0.73 BTC and 27,188 XRP.

Significance of 1144
1144 can also be written as: MCXLIV (Roman Numerals), 10001111000 (Binary), 478 (Hexadecimal) and 2170 (Octal).

The year 1144 was a leap year that began on a Saturday and ended on a Sunday.

Africa

 * Catalan mercenary Reverter de La Guardia, the main Almoravid commander in the Maghrid al-Aqsa, dies. His elimination opens the regions to the troops of the Almohads.

Asia

 * Decemer 24th – The Siege of Edessa ends with the County of Edessa falling to Imad ad-Din Zengi of Mosul. Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch, sends Bishop Hugh of Jabala to seek the aid of Pope Eugene III, while Manuel I Comnenus brings Raymond under Byzantine influence.

Europe

 * Louis VII of France capitulates to Pope Celestine II, and so earns the pope's absolution.
 * Normandy comes under Angevin control, under Geoffrey of Anjou.
 * The city of Montauban, France, is founded.
 * The city of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is first mentioned in historical records.
 * Giordano Pierleoni founds the revolutionary Commune of Rome.
 * The Byzantines fail to reconquer Malta.

Religion

 * March 12 – Pope Lucius II succeeds Pope Celestine II, as the 166th pope.
 * March 22 – The first example of an anti-Semitic blood libel is recorded in England, in connection with the murder of William of Norwich.
 * June 11 – The Basilica of St Denis near Paris, in the Kingdom of France, is consecrated, as the first Gothic church.
 * The Priory in Lesmahagow, Scotland, is founded by the Benedictines.
 * The first Knights Templar stronghold is established in the Kingdom of León and Castile.

Births

 * Bohemund III of Antioch (Died in the year 1201)
 * Empress Li Fengniang of China (Died in the year 1200)

Deaths

 * March 8 – Pope Celestine II
 * March 22 – William of Norwich, English child murder victim
 * May 23 – Petronilla of Lorraine, regent of Holland (Born in the year 1082)
 * June 12 – Al-Zamakhshari, Persian scholar (Born in the year 1075)
 * July 27 – Salomea of Berg, politically active High Duchess consort of Poland
 * September – Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex