1160
Year 1160 (MCLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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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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Events
By place
Africa
- The Almohads conquer Mahdia from the Normans, after an important naval success near the city, against Christian reinforcements 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 (Eric IX) is murdered, after which his murderer Magnus Henriksen proclaims himself king of Sweden as Magnus II. 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
- 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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