1168

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s
Years:	1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171

1168 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1168 MCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1921
Armenian calendar	617 ԹՎ ՈԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	5918
Balinese saka calendar	1089–1090
Bengali calendar	575
Berber calendar	2118
English Regnal year	14 Hen. 2 – 15 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1712
Burmese calendar	530
Byzantine calendar	6676–6677
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 3865 or 3658     — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3866 or 3659
Coptic calendar	884–885
Discordian calendar	2334
Ethiopian calendar	1160–1161
Hebrew calendar	4928–4929
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1224–1225
- Shaka Samvat	1089–1090
- Kali Yuga	4268–4269
Holocene calendar	11168
Igbo calendar	168–169
Iranian calendar	546–547
Islamic calendar	563–564
Japanese calendar	Nin'an 3 (仁安３年)
Javanese calendar	1075–1076
Julian calendar	1168 MCLXVIII
Korean calendar	3501
Minguo calendar	744 before ROC 民前744年
Nanakshahi calendar	−300
Seleucid era	1479/1480 AG
Thai solar calendar	1710–1711
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1294 or 913 or 141     — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1295 or 914 or 142

Year 1168 (MCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• December 22 – Afraid that the Egyptian capital Fustat (in modern-day Old Cairo) will be captured by the Crusaders, its Fatimid vizier, Shawar, orders the city set afire. The city burns for 54 days.
• Prince Richard of England becomes Duke of Aquitaine (he later becomes King Richard I of England).
• Emperor Takakura, age 7, ascends to the throne of Japan.
• King Valdemar I of Denmark conquers Arkona on the Island of Rügen, the strongest pagan fortress and temple in Northern Europe.
• The newly born Commune of Rome conquers and destroys the rival neighboring city of Albano.
• The Vladimir-Suzdal begins in Russia.
• The county seat of Wanting County in China is destroyed by 208)

Deaths

• January 17 – Thierry, Count of Flanders (b. 1099)
• October 24 – William IV, Count of Nevers (b.c. 1130)
• April 5 – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)
• Wivina, French abbess and saint (b. 1103)
• November 5 – Hugh IX of Lusignan, French crusader (b. 1163)