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[[File:Prüfening Klosterkirche - Romanische Fresken 3a König Heinrich V (cropped).jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|[[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor]] (r. 1111–1125) ends his conflict with the Church this year]]
Year '''1122''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCXXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Battle of Beroia]]: Emperor [[John II Komnenos]] transfers the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] field army from [[Anatolia|Asia Minor]] (where it has been engaged against the [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk Turks]]) to the [[Balkans]]. The [[Pechenegs]] who have set up their camp (defended by a circular formation of wagons) near [[Stara Zagora|Beroia]] (modern [[Bulgaria]]) are defeated. John orders the [[Varangian Guard]] (some 480 men), the elite Palace Guard to hack their way through the Pecheneg circle of wagons, causing a general rout in their camp. Pecheneg survivors are taken captive and enlisted into the Byzantine army.<ref>Cinnamus, Ioannes (1976). ''Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus'', p. 16. New York, New York and West Sussex, United Kingdom: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-23-104080-8}}.</ref>

==== Egypt ====
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Al-Ma'mun al-Bata'ihi]] is formally proclaimed [[vizier (Fatimid Caliphate)|vizier]] of the [[Fatimid Caliphate]] by Caliph [[al-Amir]].<ref>{{Kalifen und Assassinen|page=146}}</ref>

==== Levant ====
* [[September 13]] &ndash; Count [[Joscelin I, Count of Edessa|Joscelin I]] and [[Waleran of Le Puiset]] are taken prisoner by Turkish forces led by [[Belek Ghazi]] near [[Suruç|Saruj]] in northern [[Syria]]. Belek offers Joscelin liberty in return for the cession of [[County of Edessa|Edessa]]. He refuses to accept these terms; Joscelin and Waleran and 60 other Crusaders are taken to the castle at [[Harpoot|Kharput]].<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 130. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[August 8]] &ndash;  A [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] fleet under Doge [[Domenico Michiel]] with well over a hundred ships sets sail from [[Venice]], carrying an army of around 15,000 men and siege-material on the [[Venetian Crusade]]. The fleet departs for [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] – but the Venetians pause to attack [[Corfu]] (this in retaliation for the refusal of John II to renew exclusive trading privileges). For six months, throughout the winter of 1122–23, the Venetians lay siege to the Byzantine island.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 134. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
* King [[Alfonso the Battler]] of [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]] creates the lay community of knights known as the [[Confraternity of Belchite]]. It is the first local attempt to imitate the [[Knights Templar|Order of the Knights Templar]] created in Palestine.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Fletcher|first=R. A.|title=Reconquest and Crusade in Spain c. 1050-1150|journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society|year=1987|volume=37|pages=31–47 [45]|doi=10.2307/3679149 |jstor=3679149|s2cid=154629568 }}</ref>
* The [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] fleet attacks [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicily]] to suppress the Italo-Norman raiders.<ref name="lameretlesmusulmans">{{cite book|last=Picard|first=C. |year=1997|title=La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age|location=Paris|publisher=Presses Universitaires de France}}</ref>{{Page needed |date=March 2016}} The same year the Muslim population of [[Malta]] rebels against the [[Normans]].{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}

==== Eurasia ====
* [[Siege of Tbilisi (1122)|Siege of Tbilisi]]: The Georgians led by King [[David IV of Georgia|David IV]] ('the Builder') re-conquer the city of [[Tbilisi]] from the [[Emirate of Tbilisi]] after a 1-year siege. David makes it his capital and unifies the [[Kingdom of Georgia|Georgian State]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pubblici|first=Lorenzo|title=Mongol Caucasia: Invasions, Conquest, and Government of a Frontier Region in Thirteenth-Century Eurasia (1204-1295)|year=2022|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004503557|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jc5kEAAAQBAJ|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

=== By topic ===
 
==== Religion ====
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The [[Concordat of Worms]]: Emperor [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]] recognizes freedom of election of the [[clergy]] and promises to restore all Church property. This brings an end to the power struggle between the papacy and the [[Holy Roman Empire]], known as the [[Investiture Controversy]]. In the aftermath, [[Cappenberg Abbey]] is founded by Count Gottfried II for the new order of [[Premonstratensians]].{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Wanyan Liang]], Chinese emperor (d. [[1161]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wanyan Liang - Spouse, Children, Birthday & More |url=https://playback.fm/person/wanyan-liang |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Playback.fm |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]] (''Barbarossa''), Holy Roman Emperor (d. [[1190]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Freed|first=John B.|year=2016|page=xvii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tng8DAAAQBAJ|title=Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-122763|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
** [[Fujiwara no Kiyoko]], Japanese empress consort (d. [[1182]])<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thumas|first=Jonathan|date=November 2022|title=Buried Scripture and the Interpretation of Ritual|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/abs/buried-scripture-and-the-interpretation-of-ritual/1F827EADEB3804E9FB64BCBC7F7B9E04|journal=Cambridge Archaeological Journal|volume=32|issue=4|pages=585–599|doi=10.1017/S0959774322000038|s2cid=247030731|issn=0959-7743|access-date=June 5, 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
** [[Ibn Hubal]], Arab physician and scientist (approximate date)<ref>{{Citation |title=Ibn Hubal |date=2012-04-24 |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936) |url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1/ibn-hubal-SIM_3011 |access-date=2024-02-15 |publisher=Brill |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Isaac ben Abba Mari]], French Jewish [[rabbi]] (approximate date){{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
** [[Jayavarman VII]], Cambodian ruler of the [[Khmer Empire]] (d. [[1218]]))<ref>{{cite book|last=Salguero|first=C. Pierce|year=2022|page=xvii|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ycnEAAAQBAJ|title=A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231546072|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden|Christina Ingesdotter]], Kievan princess<ref>{{cite book|last=Dąbrowski|first=Dariusz|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6h6PgAACAAJ|title=Genealogia Mścisławowiczów. Pierwsze pokolenia (do początku XIV wieku)|year=2008|publisher=Avalon|location=Kraków|isbn=978-83-60448-54-0|pages=78–79|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Giso IV, Count of Gudensberg|Giso IV]], count of [[Gudensberg]] (b. [[1070]]){{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Cuno of Praeneste]], German cardinal{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Al-Hariri of Basra]], Abbasid [[Islamic poetry|poet]] (b. [[1054]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Shah|first=Amina|title=The assemblies of al-Hariri: fifty encounters with the Shaykh Abu Zayd of Seruj|date=1980|publisher=London Octagon Press|isbn=978-0-900860-86-7|url=https://archive.org/details/assembliesofalha00amin/page/n9/mode/2up|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Vitalis of Savigny]], Catholic French Saint and itinerant preacher (b. [[1060]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Feiss|first1=Hugh|last2=O'Brien|first2=Maureen M.|last3=Pepin|first3=Ronald|title=The Lives of Monastic Reformers 2: Abbot Vitalis of Savigny, Abbot Godfrey of Savigny, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed Hamo|date=November 2014|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=9780879076931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JDcTBwAAQBAJ|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Ralph d'Escures]], English archbishop<ref>{{cite book|last=Pryde|first=E. B.|title=Handbook of British Chronology|year=1996|page=232|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521563505|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Ilghazi]], Artuqid ruler of [[Mardin]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Bosworth|first=Clifford Edmund|title=The Mediaeval Islamic Underworld: The Banū Sāsān in Arabic Society and Literature. The Banū Sāsān in Arabic life and lore|year=1976|page=107|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004043923|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-PxfFsmGcIC|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Ottokar II of Styria|Ottokar II]], margrave of [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]]{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Berthold III, Duke of Zähringen|Berthold III]], duke of [[House of Zähringen|Zähringen]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmid|first=Karl|title=Die Zähringer: Eine Tradition und ihre Erforschung|year=1986|pages=37–42|publisher=University of California|isbn=9783799570404|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZorAQAAIAAJ|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Henry of Eppenstein|Henry III]], duke of [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]]{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
* ''date unknown''
** [[Al-Baghawi]], Persian [[hadith]] scholar and writer{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
** [[Alberada of Buonalbergo]], duchess of [[County of Apulia and Calabria|Apulia]]{{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}
** [[John of Tours]], [[Bishop of Wells]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Pryde|first=E. B.|title=Handbook of British Chronology|year=1996|page=227|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521563505|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcgxEvGAK_kC|access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
** [[Sybilla of Normandy]], queen of [[King of Scotland|Scotland]]<ref>{{cite dictionary |title=Sybilla of Normandy |page=497 |dictionary=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |first=Kenneth J. |last=Panton |publisher=Bowman & Littlefield Publishers |year=2023 |isbn=9781538175774 }}</ref>
** [[Yejong of Goryeo|Yejong]], Korean ruler of [[Goryeo]] (b. [[1079]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/28/2020032800426.html|script-title=ko:예종 유릉서 다양한 청동제품 쏟아져|trans-title=Various bronze products pouring out of King Yejong's Yureung tomb|last=Jeong|first=Chang-hyeon|date=March 28, 2020|work=Newsis|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226164514/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/28/2020032800426.html|archive-date=February 26, 2022|url-status=live|access-date=June 5, 2024|via=Chosun}}</ref>
** [[Wang Cha-ji]], Korean general (b. [[1066]]){{Citation needed | date=August 2023}}

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