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[[File:Wanggiyan Aguda.jpg|thumb|right|Emperor [[Emperor Taizu of Jin|Taizu of Jin]] (1068–1123)]]
Year '''1115''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==

=== By place ===

==== Levant ====
* [[September 14]] – [[Battle of Sarmin]]: The Crusaders, under Prince [[Roger of Salerno]], surprise and rout the [[Seljuk Empire|Seljuk Turkish]] army (some 8,000 men), led by Emir [[Bursuq ibn Bursuq]], at [[Sarmin]] (modern [[Syria]]). Bursuq barely avoids capture, and escapes with a few hundred horsemen. Roger reoccupies the fortress of [[Kafartab]], and consolidates his territory around [[Principality of Antioch|Antioch]].<ref>[[Steven Runciman]] (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', pp. 106–107. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
* The Crusader castle of [[Montreal (castle)|Montreal]] (located in [[Jordan]]) is commissioned by King [[Baldwin I of Jerusalem]], during an expedition against the Seljuk Turks.

==== Europe ====
* [[February 11]] – [[Battle of Welfesholz]]: Duke [[Lothair III, Holy Roman Emperor|Lothair of Supplinburg]] joins the rebellious Saxon forces, and defeats the German Imperial Army of Emperor [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]] at [[Welfesholz]], in [[Saxony-Anhalt]] (modern [[Germany]]).<ref>Comyn, Robert (1851). ''History of the Western Empire from its Restoration by Charlemagne to the Accession of Charles V'', p. 181.</ref>
* [[July 24]] – [[Matilda of Tuscany|Matilda]], margravine of [[Tuscany]], dies at [[Bondeno]]. During her reign she waged an intermittent war with Emperor [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV]] over the inheritance rights of her fiefs in [[Lombardy]] and Tuscany.

==== Asia ====
* The [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin Dynasty]] (or '''Great Jin''') is created by the [[Jurchen people|Jurchen]] tribal chieftain [[Emperor Taizu of Jin|Taizu]] (or '''Aguda'''). He establishes a dual-administration system: a Chinese-style [[bureaucracy]] to rule over northern and northeast [[China]].
* The 19-year-old [[Minamoto no Tameyoshi]], Japanese nobleman and [[samurai]], gains recognition by suppressing a riot against Emperor [[Emperor Toba|Toba]] at a monastery near [[Kyoto]] (approximate date).

==== Mesoamerica ====
* The [[Mixtec]] ruler [[Eight Deer Jaguar Claw]] (or '''8 Deer''') is defeated in battle and sacrificed by a coalition of city-states, led by his brother-in law 4 Wind, at [[Tilantongo]] in the [[La Mixteca|Mixteca Alta]] region (modern [[Mexico]]).<ref>{{cite book |author=Pohl, John M.D. |year=2002 |title=The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford; New York |isbn=978-0-19-514019-4 |oclc=47054677}}</ref>

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[Arnulf of Chocques]] is accused of sexual relations with a Muslim woman. He is briefly removed from his position as [[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem|patriarch of Jerusalem]]. 
* [[Peter Abelard]], French [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] philosopher, becomes master of the cathedral school of [[Notre-Dame de Paris|Notre-Dame]] and meets [[Héloïse|Héloïse d'Argenteuil]].
* [[Clairvaux Abbey]] is founded by [[Bernard of Clairvaux|Bernard]], French [[abbot]] and a major leader in the reform of [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] [[monasticism]], in [[France in the Middle Ages|France]].
* [[Hugh of Saint Victor]], French theologian and writer, joins the [[School of Saint Victor|Victorines]] (at the [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] [[Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris|Abbey of St. Victor]]) in [[Paris]].

== Births ==
* [[April 18]] – [[Gertrude of Süpplingenburg|Gertrude]], German duchess and [[regent]] (d. [[1143]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Empress Wu (Song dynasty)|Wu]], Chinese empress consort (d. [[1197]])
* [[Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of Oxford|Aubrey de Vere]], 1st [[Earl of Oxford]] (approximate date)
* [[Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence|Berenguer Raymond]], [[count of Provence]] (d. [[1144]])
* [[Erling Skakke]], Norwegian [[Nobility|nobleman]] (approximate date)
* [[Eustathius of Thessalonica]], Byzantine archbishop (d. [[1195]])
* [[Euthymios Malakes]], Byzantine bishop (approximate date)
* [[Fulk I FitzWarin]] (or '''Fulke'''), English nobleman (d. [[1170]])
* [[Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford|Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare]], 1st [[Earl of Hertford]] (d. [[1152]])
* [[Hugo Etherianis|Hugo Etherianus]], Italian cardinal and adviser (d. [[1182]])
* [[Joel ben Isaac ha-Levi]], German [[rabbi]] and writer (d. [[1200]]) 
* [[Li Tao (historian)|Li Tao]] (or '''Renfu'''), Chinese historian and writer (d. [[1184]])
* [[Magnus IV of Norway|Magnus IV]] ('''the Blind'''), king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] (approximate date) 
* [[Pedro Fernández de Castro (Grand Master of the Order of Santiago)|Pedro Fernández de Castro]], Spanish nobleman (d. 1184)
* [[Peter Cellensis]], French [[abbot]] and bishop (d. [[1183]])
* [[Roger de Pont L'Évêque]], Norman archbishop  (d. [[1181]])
* [[Welf VI]], margrave of [[Tuscany]] ([[House of Welf]]) (d. [[1191]])
* [[Wichmann von Seeburg]], German archbishop (d. [[1192]])
* [[William V, Marquis of Montferrat|William V]] ('''the Old'''), marquis of [[March of Montferrat|Montferrat]] (d. 1191)

== Deaths ==
* [[16 May]] – [[Lambert of Arras]], Flemish bishop<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vanderputten |first1=Steven |title=Reform, Conflict, and the Shaping of Corporate Identities: Collected Studies on Benedictine Monasticism, 1050 - 1150 |date=2013 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-643-90429-4 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7aehAQAAQBAJ |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 8]] – [[Peter the Hermit]], French religious leader
* [[July 24]] – [[Matilda of Tuscany|Matilda]], margravine of Tuscany (b. [[1046]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Matilda of Canossa {{!}} countess of Tuscany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-of-Canossa |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 27]] – [[Bonfilius]], Italian Saint and [[bishop of Foligno]]<ref name="Nicolini">{{cite web |last1=Nicolini |first1=Ugolino |title=BONFIGLIO, santo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/santo-bonfiglio_res-779a85c5-87e8-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Dizionario-Biografico) |website=Treccani |publisher=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 12 (1971) |access-date=8 March 2023}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] – [[Olav Magnusson of Norway|Olav Magnusson]], king of [[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Norway]] (b. [[1099]])
* [[December 23]] – [[Ivo of Chartres]], French bishop (b. [[1040]])
* [[December 30]] – [[Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine|Theodoric II]], duke of [[Duchy of Lorraine|Lorraine]]
* [[Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi]], Arab theologian (or [[1114]])
* [[Adela of Flanders]], queen of [[Denmark]] (b. [[1064]])
* [[Artau II, Count of Pallars Sobirà|Artau II]], count of [[County of Pallars Sobirà|Pallars Sobirà]] (approximate date)
* [[Eight Deer Jaguar Claw]], Mixtec ruler (b. [[1063]])
* [[Gerberga, Countess of Provence|Gerberga]] (or '''Gerburge'''), countess of Provence
* [[Godfrey of Amiens]], French bishop (b. [[1066]])
* [[Leo Marsicanus]], Italian cardinal (b. 1046)
* [[Mazdali ibn Tilankan]], Almoravid governor 
* [[Odo, Count of Champagne|Odo II]] (or '''Eudes'''), count of [[County of Champagne|Champagne]]
* [[Reynelm]] (or '''Reinelm'''), bishop of [[Diocese of Hereford|Hereford]]
* [[Shin Arahan]], Burmese religious adviser
* [[Tanchelm|Tanchelm of Antwerp]], Flemish priest
* [[Turgot of Durham]], Scottish bishop

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