1138

1138 (MCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1138th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 138th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 12th century, and the 9th year of the 1130s decade. As of the start of 1138, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1100s  1110s  1120s  – 1130s –  1140s  1150s  1160s
Years:	1135 1136 1137 – 1138 – 1139 1140 1141

1138 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1138 MCXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1891
Armenian calendar	587 ԹՎ ՇՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	5888
Balinese saka calendar	1059–1060
Bengali calendar	545
Berber calendar	2088
English Regnal year	3 Ste. 1 – 4 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1682
Burmese calendar	500
Byzantine calendar	6646–6647
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3834 or 3774     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3835 or 3775
Coptic calendar	854–855
Discordian calendar	2304
Ethiopian calendar	1130–1131
Hebrew calendar	4898–4899
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1194–1195
- Shaka Samvat	1059–1060
- Kali Yuga	4238–4239
Holocene calendar	11138
Igbo calendar	138–139
Iranian calendar	516–517
Islamic calendar	532–533
Japanese calendar	Hōen 4 (保延４年)
Javanese calendar	1044–1045
Julian calendar	1138 MCXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3471
Minguo calendar	774 before ROC 民前774年
Nanakshahi calendar	−330
Seleucid era	1449/1450 AG
Thai solar calendar	1680–1681
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1264 or 883 or 111     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1265 or 884 or 112

Events

• Robert Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• March 13 – Cardinal Gregory is elected anti-pope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
• August 9 – Deadly earthquake in Aleppo, Syria killing about 230,000 people.
• August 22 – Battle of the Standard between David I of Scotland and the English. The Scots were defeated.
• Bavaria was taken away from the Welfen Duke Henry the Proud and given to the Austrian Margrave Leopold IV.