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| Gregorian calendar | 1169 MCLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1922 |
| Armenian calendar | 618 ԹՎ ՈԺԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5919 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1090–1091 |
| Bengali calendar | 576 |
| Berber calendar | 2119 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Hen. 2 – 16 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1713 |
| Burmese calendar | 531 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6677–6678 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3866 or 3659 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3867 or 3660 |
| Coptic calendar | 885–886 |
| Discordian calendar | 2335 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1161–1162 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4929–4930 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1225–1226 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1090–1091 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4269–4270 |
| Holocene calendar | 11169 |
| Igbo calendar | 169–170 |
| Iranian calendar | 547–548 |
| Islamic calendar | 564–565 |
| Japanese calendar | Nin'an 4 / Kaō 1 (嘉応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1076–1077 |
| Julian calendar | 1169 MCLXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3502 |
| Minguo calendar | 743 before ROC 民前743年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −299 |
| Seleucid era | 1480/1481 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1711–1712 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1295 or 914 or 142 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1296 or 915 or 143 |
Year 1169 (MCLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By Area
Africa
- Nur ad-Din, atabeg of Aleppo, invades Egypt, and on March 26 names his nephew Saladin sultan as well as vizier of Cairo.
Europe
- January – Henry II of England and Louis VII of France sign a peace treaty which includes the betrothal of their respective heirs, twelve-year-old Richard I of England and nine-year-old Alys, Countess of the Vexin.[1]
- February 4 – 1169 Sicily earthquake: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of around 7 strikes the eastern coast of Sicily, causing an estimated 15,000 deaths.
- May 1 – The Norman invasion of Ireland begins.[2] Among those arriving is Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare, who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief Diarmait Mac Murchada to help him regain the throne of Leinster. This begins the period of Anglo-Norman dominance of Ireland.
- Siege of Badajoz by Gerald the Fearless: The adventurer receives the support of King Afonso I of Portugal. The Almohad caliph, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, manages to broker an alliance with King Ferdinand II of León against Afonso. The allies manage to besiege the Portuguese in Badajoz, and to finally take both the king and Gerald prisoners.[3]
- During the Swedish power struggle, Boleslaw is killed, but his brother Kol continues as king of Östergötland until 1173, in opposition to King Knut Eriksson of Sweden.
- The appointed Bishop of Estonia, Fulco, becomes the first known Christian missionary to visit Estonia.
- Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal sacks Kiev and makes Vladimir the capital of Kievan Rus'.
By topic
Arts
- Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves the English court of Henry II, to establish her own court in Poitiers. It will become known as a center of courtly love.
Births
Deaths
- January 2 – Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)
- February 4 – John of Ajello, Bishop of Catania
- July 9 – Guido of Ravenna, Italian cartographer, entomologist and historian
- Stephen du Perche, chancellor of Sicily and archbishop of Palermo
- Boleslaw Sverkerson, king of Östergötland (Sweden) since 1167
References
- ^ Warren, W. L. (1961). King John. University of California Press. p. 37.
- ^ Moody, T. W.; Martin, F. X., eds. (1967). The Course of Irish History. Cork: Mercier Press. p. 370.
- ^ 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.