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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1130s  1140s  1150s  – 1160s –  1170s  1180s  1190s
Years:	1158 1159 1160 – 1161 – 1162 1163 1164

1161 by topic

Politics

State leaders – Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments v • d • e

Art and literature

1161 in poetry v • d • e

1161 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1161 MCLXI
Ab urbe condita	1914
Armenian calendar	610 ԹՎ ՈԺ
Bahá'í calendar	-683 – -682
Berber calendar	2111
Buddhist calendar	1705
Burmese calendar	523
Byzantine calendar	6669 – 6670
Chinese calendar	庚辰年十二月初三日 (3797/3857-12-3) — to — 辛巳年十二月十三日 (3798/3858-12-13)
Coptic calendar	877 – 878
Ethiopian calendar	1153 – 1154
Hebrew calendar	4921 – 4922
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1216 – 1217
- Shaka Samvat	1083 – 1084
- Kali Yuga	4262 – 4263
Holocene calendar	11161
Iranian calendar	539 – 540
Islamic calendar	555 – 557
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3494
Thai solar calendar	1704
v • d • e

[edit] Events

• Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh dies; his son Cathal succeeds him.
• The Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi, on the Yangtze River between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty and the Chinese Song Dynasty, result in two pivotal Song naval victories.

[edit] Births

• September 23—Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1201)
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (d. 1185)
• Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1223)
• Pope Innocent III (d. 1216)

[edit] Deaths

• February 3 – King Inge I of Norway (b. 1135)
• April 18—Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
• June 14—Former Emperor Qinzong of Southern Song Dynasty China (b. 1084)
• September 11—Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• November 23—Adam, Abbot of Ebrach
• December 15—Emperor Prince Hǎilíng of Jin Dynasty China (b. 1122)
• date unknown – Hugh, archbishop of Palermo