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| 1116 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1116 MCXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1869 |
| Armenian calendar | 565 ԹՎ ՇԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5866 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1037–1038 |
| Bengali calendar | 523 |
| Berber calendar | 2066 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Hen. 1 – 17 Hen. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1660 |
| Burmese calendar | 478 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6624–6625 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3813 or 3606 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3814 or 3607 |
| Coptic calendar | 832–833 |
| Discordian calendar | 2282 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1108–1109 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4876–4877 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1172–1173 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1037–1038 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4216–4217 |
| Holocene calendar | 11116 |
| Igbo calendar | 116–117 |
| Iranian calendar | 494–495 |
| Islamic calendar | 509–510 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyū 4 (永久４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1021–1022 |
| Julian calendar | 1116 MCXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3449 |
| Minguo calendar | 796 before ROC 民前796年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −352 |
| Seleucid era | 1427/1428 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1658–1659 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1242 or 861 or 89 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1243 or 862 or 90 |
Year 1116 (MCXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem undertakes an invasion of Egypt.
- The Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, Ali ibn Yahya, conquers the independent island of Jerba, then acting as an independent piratical republic.[1]
Americas
- The Aztecs leave Aztlán, searching for the site of what will eventually become Tenochtitlán (later Mexico City).
Europe
- July 15 – Doge Ordelafo Faliero of the Republic of Venice conquers the troops of Stephen II of Hungary who have arrived to relieve Zadar and the remaining towns of Dalmatia surrender to Venice.
- The Portuguese, under the leadership of countess Theresa take two Galician cities, Tui and Ourense. In reply, the sister of Countess Theresa, Queen Urraca of Leon and Castile, attacks Portugal.
- Almoravid troops conquer the Balearic islands whose Muslim king has been severely weakened by Pisan and Catalan raiders.[2]
By topic
Arts and technology
- The modern book of separate pages stitched together is invented in China.
- Construction starts on the Chennakesava Temple in India.
- Aak music is introduced to the Korean court by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
Births
Deaths
- February 3 – Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
- February 25 – Robert of Arbrissel, an itinerant preacher, and founder of the abbey of Fontevrault (b. c. 1045)
- approximate date – Jimena Díaz, ruler of Valencia (b. c. 1046)
References
- ^ Bresc, Henri (2003). "La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age" (PDF). Retrieved January 17, 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Meynier, Gilbert (2010). L'Algérie cœur du Maghreb classique: De l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). Paris: La Découverte. p. 83.