
Events 1110s – Knights Templars founded
1119 Knights Templars are founded Events 1110 Lunar eclipse, in which the moon becomes totally dark (according to the Peterborough Chronicle), due to an earlier volcanic eruption putting aerosols into the upper atmosphere of the earth, thus cutting off the earthlight c. 1119: The Knights Templar are founded to protect Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem. Hugh de Payns founds the monastic order of the Knights Templar and becomes the first Grand Master. In association with Bernard of Clairvaux, a French abbot and religious leader, he creates the Latin Rule, the code of behavior of the Order. The Templars get the primary task to protect the pilgrime-routes in Palestine. Religion 1115 – Peter Abelard, French scholastic philosopher, becomes master of […]