What Happened in 1127

Major Events

  • Mar 2 Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders

Born in 1127

  • Oct 18 Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (d. 1192)
  • Nov 27 Emperor Xiaozong, 11th emperor of the Song dynasty in China (d. 1194)

Who Died in 1127

  • Feb 10 William IX, the Troubadour, Frankish nobleman (Duke of Aquitaine, Gascony, Count of Poitou, 1086-1127), Crusader, and poet, dies at 55
  • Mar 2 Charles, the Good, Count of Flanders, murdered