1161
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This article is about the year 1161.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1130s 1140s 1150s – 1160s – 1170s 1180s 1190s |
| Years: | 1158 1159 1160 – 1161 – 1162 1163 1164 |
| 1161 by topic | |
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| 1161 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1161 MCLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1914 |
| Armenian calendar | 610 ԹՎ ՈԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5911 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -683–-682 |
| Bengali calendar | 568 |
| Berber calendar | 2111 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Hen. 2 – 8 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1705 |
| Burmese calendar | 523 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6669–6670 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年十二月初三日 (3797/3857-12-3) — to —
辛巳年十二月十三日(3798/3858-12-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 877–878 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1153–1154 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4921–4922 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1217–1218 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1083–1084 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4262–4263 |
| Holocene calendar | 11161 |
| Iranian calendar | 539–540 |
| Islamic calendar | 555–557 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3494 |
| Minguo calendar | 751 before ROC 民前751年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1704 |
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Year 1161 (MCLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] By area
[edit] Asia
- The Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi, on the Yangtze river between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty and the Chinese Song Dynasty, result in two pivotal Song naval victories.
[edit] Europe
- Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter.
- Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh dies; his son Cathal succeeds him.
- Eric Jedvardsson's murderer Magnus Henriksen is himself murdered by Karl Sverkersson, who then becomes king of Sweden.
- A Muslim offensive against the young Portuguese kingdom reaches Almada.[1]
[edit] Births
- September 23 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
- Constance, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1201)
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (d. 1185)
- Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1223)
- Pope Innocent III (d. 1216)
[edit] Deaths
- February 3 – King Inge I of Norway (b. 1135)
- April 18 – Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
- June 14 – Former Emperor Qinzong of Southern Song Dynasty China (b. 1084)
- September 11 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
- November 23 – Adam, Abbot of Ebrach
- December 15 – Emperor Prince Hǎilíng of Jin Dynasty China (b. 1122)
- date unknown
- Hugh, archbishop of Palermo
- Magnus Henriksen, pretender to the Swedish throne
[edit] References
- ^ Picard, Christophe (2000). Le Portugal musulman (VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose. p. 110. ISBN 2-7068-1398-9.
