1166
1166 (MCLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1166 MCLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1919 |
| Armenian calendar | 615 ԹՎ ՈԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5916 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1087–1088 |
| Bengali calendar | 573 |
| Berber calendar | 2116 |
| English Regnal year | 12 Hen. 2 – 13 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1710 |
| Burmese calendar | 528 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6674–6675 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3862 or 3802 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3863 or 3803 |
| Coptic calendar | 882–883 |
| Discordian calendar | 2332 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1158–1159 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4926–4927 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1222–1223 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1087–1088 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4266–4267 |
| Holocene calendar | 11166 |
| Igbo calendar | 166–167 |
| Iranian calendar | 544–545 |
| Islamic calendar | 561–562 |
| Japanese calendar | Eiman 2 / Nin'an 1 (仁安元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1073–1074 |
| Julian calendar | 1166 MCLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3499 |
| Minguo calendar | 746 before ROC 民前746年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −302 |
| Seleucid era | 1477/1478 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1708–1709 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1292 or 911 or 139 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1293 or 912 or 140 |
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Events
- July – Henry II of England conquers Brittany, granting the territory to his son Geoffrey.[1]
- July 5 – The town of Bad Kleinkirchheim, Austria, is first mentioned (in an ecclesiastical document).
- Henry II of England enacts the Assize of Clarendon, reforming English law and defining the legal duties of sheriffs.[2]
- Marko III succeeds Yoannis V as Patriarch of Alexandria.
- Tribhuvanāditya comes to power in the Khmer Empire, following the assassination of Yasovarman II.
- Stefan Nemanja becomes Grand Župan of the Grand Principality of Serbia, founding the Nemanjić dynasty.
- Henry the Lion has the first bronze statue (a heraldic lion) north of the Alps erected, at Dankwarderode Castle.
- Anglo-Norman soldier William Marshal, described as "the greatest knight that ever lived," is knighted while on campaign in Normandy.
Births
- July 29 – Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197)
- December 24 or 1167 – John, King of England (d. 1216)
- Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1218)
- Prithviraj Chauhan of India (d. 1192)
- William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey (d. 1240)
- Tamar the Great, Queen of Georgia (d. 1213)
Deaths
- May 7 – William I of Sicily
- Santa Rosalia, patron saint of Palermo (according to legend; per legend b. 1130)
- Abdul-Qadir Gilani, founder of the Qadiriyyah Sufi Tariqah (b. 1077)
References
- Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 67–69. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 125–126. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
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