1168
Year 1168 (MCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| 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) 3864 or 3804 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3865 or 3805 |
| 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 |
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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.[1]
- 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)
References
- Vigueur, Jean-Claude Maire (2010). L'autre Rome: Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle). Paris: Tallandier. p. 314.
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