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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; 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
- April 12 – Rikissa of Poland, queen in Sweden and grand princess of Minsk
- Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (d. 1173)
Deaths
- February 3 – Coloman, King of Hungary (b. 1070)
- Robert of Arbrissel, French 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.