1147

1147 (MCXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1147th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 147th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1140s decade. As of the start of 1147, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1147 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1147 MCXLVII
Ab urbe condita	1900
Armenian calendar	596 ԹՎ ՇՂԶ
Assyrian calendar	5897
Balinese saka calendar	1068–1069
Bengali calendar	554
Berber calendar	2097
English Regnal year	12 Ste. 1 – 13 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1691
Burmese calendar	509
Byzantine calendar	6655–6656
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3843 or 3783     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3844 or 3784
Coptic calendar	863–864
Discordian calendar	2313
Ethiopian calendar	1139–1140
Hebrew calendar	4907–4908
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1203–1204
- Shaka Samvat	1068–1069
- Kali Yuga	4247–4248
Holocene calendar	11147
Igbo calendar	147–148
Iranian calendar	525–526
Islamic calendar	541–542
Japanese calendar	Kyūan 3 (久安３年)
Javanese calendar	1053–1054
Julian calendar	1147 MCXLVII
Korean calendar	3480
Minguo calendar	765 before ROC 民前765年
Nanakshahi calendar	−321
Seleucid era	1458/1459 AG
Thai solar calendar	1689–1690
Tibetan calendar	མེ་ཕོ་སྟག་ལོ་ (male Fire-Tiger) 1273 or 892 or 120     — to — མེ་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Fire-Hare) 1274 or 893 or 121

Events

• Siege of Lisbon: King Afonso I of Portugal and the Crusaders capture Lisbon from Muslims
• First written mention of Moscow.
• Abd al-Mumin destroys the Almoravid Empire
• Dore Abbey founded
• Wendish Crusade