PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1140 – 1149

The world in the 1140s

From 1140 to 1149 the atlas holds 376 states standing at some time. 36 things began - Second Crusade, Offenburg and Maulbronn Monastery among them - and 14 ended; 42 people were born and 30 died, 2 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1140: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other11401141: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other11411142: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11421143: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other11431144: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other11441145: 4 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other11451146: 3 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other11461147: 13 began — 10 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other11471148: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other11481149: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1149

What began in the 1140s

By kind, the best known first.

States 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Treaties 1

What ended in the 1140s

States 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

Born 42

and 26 more in the atlas.

Died 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

States of the 1140s

The states that stood at some time in the 1140s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1140.

Europe: 191 statesEurope191Middle East and North Africa: 75 statesMiddle East and North Africa75Sub-Saharan Africa: 7 statesSub-Saharan Africa7South Asia: 40 statesSouth Asia40East and Southeast Asia: 31 statesEast and Southeast Asia31Americas and Oceania: 13 statesAmericas and Oceania13Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe191 states

and 183 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa75 states

and 67 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa7 states

South Asia40 states

and 32 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia31 states

and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania13 states

and 5 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown19 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1120 – 1169: every state, war and life of the 1140s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1145: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.