What Happened in 1130

Major Events

  • Feb 12 Pope Innocent II elected
  • Feb 13 Gregorio de' Papareschi elected as Pope Innocent II
  • Feb 14 Jewish Cardinal Pietro Pierleone elected as anti-pope Anacletus II
  • Dec 25 Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman king of Sicily

Who Died in 1130

  • Jan 7 Baldri de Bourgueil, French abbot, poet and historian, dies at about 83
  • Feb 13 Honorius II [Lamberto], Pope (1124-30), dies
  • Mar 26 King Sigurd I of Norway (b. ca. 1090)