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| Gregorian calendar | 1160 MCLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1913 |
| Armenian calendar | 609 ԹՎ ՈԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5910 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1081–1082 |
| Bengali calendar | 567 |
| Berber calendar | 2110 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Hen. 2 – 7 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1704 |
| Burmese calendar | 522 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6668–6669 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3856 or 3796 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3857 or 3797 |
| Coptic calendar | 876–877 |
| Discordian calendar | 2326 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1152–1153 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4920–4921 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1216–1217 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1081–1082 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4260–4261 |
| Holocene calendar | 11160 |
| Igbo calendar | 160–161 |
| Iranian calendar | 538–539 |
| Islamic calendar | 554–555 |
| Japanese calendar | Heiji 2 / Eiryaku 1 (永暦元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1066–1067 |
| Julian calendar | 1160 MCLX |
| Korean calendar | 3493 |
| Minguo calendar | 752 before ROC 民前752年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −308 |
| Seleucid era | 1471/1472 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1702–1703 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1286 or 905 or 133 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1287 or 906 or 134 |
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Year 1160 (MCLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The Almohads conquer Mahdia from the Normans, after an important naval success near the city, against Christian reenforcement coming from Sicily.[1]
- A commercial treaty, between the Almohad Caliphate and the Republic of Pisa, opens the North African ports to Tuscan merchants.[1]
Asia
- The Heiji Rebellion continues in Japan. Some 500 Minamoto rebels, opposed to the retired emperor Go-Shirakawa, carry out a daring raid on the Sanjo Palace.
- Yasovarman II succeeds his uncle Dharanindravarman as ruler of the Khmer Empire. Dharanindravarman's son Jayavarman acquiesces to his cousin's succession, and goes into exile in neighboring Champa.
- Reynald of Chatillon is arrested by the Muslims.
Europe
- February 3 – Emperor Frederick Barbarossa takes Crema, Italy following a cruel siege, as part of his campaign against the independent Italian city-states.
- May 18 – Erik Jedvardsson is murdered, after which his murderer Magnus Henriksen proclaims himself king of Sweden. He is murdered in turn the following year, however. Eric is soon worshipped as a saint. Though never formally canonized by the pope, he eventually becomes the patron saint of Sweden.
- A large Portuguese offensive begins in the Alentejo region, against the Muslims.[2]
- The city of Tomar is founded in Portugal, by Gualdim Pais.
- Spital am Semmering is founded by Margrave Ottokar III of Styria.
- A plot of land at Miholjanec is donated to the Knights Templar, who build a monastery in nearby Zdelia; this is the earliest historical mention of the Templars in Croatia and Hungary.[3]
By topic
Education
- The Derby School is founded at Derby, England.
Births
- October 4 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. c. 1220)
- Yaqub, Almohad Caliph, ruler of Morocco (d. 1199)
- John de Courcy, Earl of Ulster (d. 1219)
- Rabbi David Kimhi, French biblical commentator (d. 1235)
- Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (d. 1218)
- Taira no Noritsune, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)
- Eschiva of Ibelin, queen consort of Cyprus (d. 1196)
- Geoffrey of Villehardouin, French chronicler (d. c. (1212)
- Ibn al-Athir, Anatolian historian (d. 1233)
- Sibylla of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem, daughter of Almaric I and Agnes of Courtenay (d. 1190)
- Dulce, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1198)
- Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, the second emir of Damascus
- Robin Hood, a heroic outlaw in English folklore (d. 1247)
- Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (d. 1218)
Deaths
- February 11 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
- April 27 – Rudolf I, Count of Bregenz (b. 1081)
- May 18 – Eric Jedvardsson, king of Sweden since 1156 (b. c. 1120)
- October 4 – Constance of Castile, Queen of France (b. 1141)
- date unknown
- Al-Muqtafi, Caliph of Baghdad
- Dharanindravarman II, ruler of the Khmer Empire
- Helena of Skövde, Swedish local saint (b. 1101)
- Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (b. 1140)
- Peter Lombard, French scholastic philosopher (b. c. 1100)
- Raymond du Puy, the first Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller. (b. c.1083)
References
- 1 2 Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Hunyadi, Zsolt; Laszlovszky, József. The Crusades and the Military Orders. Central European University. Dept. of Medieval Studies. p. 246. ISBN 978-963-9241-42-8.
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