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1161

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Year 1161 (MCLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s
Years:	1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164

1161 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1161 MCLXI
Ab urbe condita	1914
Armenian calendar	610 ԹՎ ՈԺ
Assyrian calendar	5911
Balinese saka calendar	1082–1083
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 (Metal Dragon) 3858 or 3651 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3859 or 3652
Coptic calendar	877–878
Discordian calendar	2327
Ethiopian calendar	1153–1154
Hebrew calendar	4921–4922
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1217–1218
- Shaka Samvat	1082–1083
- Kali Yuga	4261–4262
Holocene calendar	11161
Igbo calendar	161–162
Iranian calendar	539–540
Islamic calendar	555–557
Japanese calendar	Eiryaku 2 / Ōhō1 (応保元年)
Javanese calendar	1067–1068
Julian calendar	1161 MCLXI
Korean calendar	3494
Minguo calendar	751 before ROC 民前751年
Nanakshahi calendar	−307
Seleucid era	1472/1473 AG
Thai solar calendar	1703–1704
Tibetan calendar	阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1287 or 906 or 134 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1288 or 907 or 135

Events

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By place

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Europe

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February 3 – Battle of Oslo: King Inge I (the Hunchback) is defeated and killed, while fighting the forces of Haakon II (the Broadshouldered). He is succeeded by Haakon with the 5-year-old Magnus V as co-ruler, but not without challenges to his sovereignty.
Magnus II (Henriksson), pretender to the Swedish throne, is murdered by Charles VII (orKarl), who becomes king of Sweden (until 1167).
AnAlmoravid offensive against the Kingdom of Portugal reaches the city of Almada (located on the Tagus River).^[1]
Géza II of Hungary and the envoys of Pope Alexander III conclude the Concordat of 1161.^[2]

Asia

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Jin–Song Wars: The Battle of Tangdao (November 16) and Battle of Caishi (November 26–27) on the Yangtze River, between the Jin Dynasty and the Song DynastyinChina, result in two pivotal Song naval victories.
December 15 – Wanyan Liang, Chinese prince of Hailing, is assassinated while on campaign. He is succeeded by Emperor Shi Zong of the Jin Dynasty (until 1189).

England

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Spring – Theobald of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury dies after an illness. King Henry II is informed and he expresses the wish to have his friend Thomas Becket elected as his successor.
Bartholomew Iscanus is elected and consecrated as bishop of Exeter (until 1184).

By topic

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Religion

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The Cross of Euphrosyne, commissioned by Euphrosyne of Polotsk, is created by craftsman Lazar Bohsa. (The cross later went missing during World War II, and has not been recovered).

Births

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February 22 – Innocent III, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1216)
September 20 – Takakura, emperor of Japan (d. 1181)
Alfonso Téllez de Meneses, Spanish nobleman (d. 1230)
Baldwin IV (the Leper), king of Jerusalem (d. 1185)
Beatrice of Albon, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1228)
Belgutei, half-brother of Genghis Khan (d. 1271)
Börte, wife of Genghis Khan (approximate date)
Constance, duchess of Brittany (approximate date)
Da'ud Abu al-Fadl, Ayyubid physician (d. 1242)
Eleanor of England, queen of Castile (d. 1214)
Guðmundur Arason, Icelandic bishop (d. 1237)
Sancho (orSanche), Spanish nobleman (d. 1223)
Sasaki Yoshikiyo, Japanese nobleman (d. 1242)
Satō Tadanobu, Japanese samurai (d. 1186)
Tsangpa Gyare, Tibetan Buddhist leader (d. 1211)

Deaths

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February 3 – Inge I (the Hunchback), king of Norway (b. 1135)
April 18 – Theobald of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1090)
May 12 – Fergus of Galloway, Scottish nobleman
June 14 – Qin Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1100)
September 10 – Tala'i ibn Ruzzik, Fatimid vizier
September 11 – Melisende, queen of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
October 12 – Henry V, duke of Carinthia (House of Sponheim)
October 28 – Imar of Tusculum, French abbot and bishop
November 21 – William III, count of Nevers and Auxerre
November 23 – Adam of Ebrach, German monk and abbot
December 15 – Wanyan Liang, Chinese emperor (b. 1122)
Akarius Fitz Bardolph, English nobleman and knight
Hu Hong, Chinese scholar and philosopher (b. 1105)
Magnus II (Henriksson), king of Sweden (b. 1130)
Rechung Dorje Drakpa, Tibetan Buddhist leader
Roger IV, duke of Apulia and Calabria (b. 1152)

References

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^ 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.

^ Makk, Ferenc (1989). The Árpáds and the Comneni: Political Relations between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th century (Translated by György Novák). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 75. ISBN 963-05-5268-X.

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