1132

1132 (MCXXXII) was a leap year beginning on a Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

• June: in China, a fire destroys the then capital during the Song Dynasty, the city of Hangzhou, destroying 13 000 homes, forcing many to escape to the hillsides.
• July 24: In the Battle of Nocera Ranulf II of Alife, it beats Roger II of Sicily.
• Dermot MacMurrough became king of the province of Leinster.
• San Malachi is appointed Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland.
• Foundations of the Fountains Abbey and the Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, England.
• Basingwerk Abbey was founded in Wales.
• It begins in Japan the Era).cab (Choushou).
• Tughril II begins his reign in Iraq.
• Abd al-Mu'min becomes the caliph Almohade of North Africa.

Births

• 2 February: William of Norwich, an English child whose murder was attributed (erroneously) to the Jews (f. 1144).
• Joaquín de Fiore, mystic and Italian abate (f. 1201).
• Rhys ap Gruffydd, (f. 1197).

Deaths

• Hugo de Grenoble, a French saint (n. 1052).