1161

1161 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1161; MCLXI
Ab urbe condita	1914
Armenian calendar	610; ԹՎ ՈԺ
Assyrian calendar	5911
Balinese saka calendar	1082–1083
Bengali calendar	568
Berber calendar	2111
English Regnal year	7Hen. 2– 8Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1705
Burmese calendar	523
Byzantine calendar	6669–6670
Chinese calendar	Canh thầnNiên (MetalDragon); 3858 or 3651; — to —; Tân tị niên (MetalSnake); 3859 or 3652
Coptic calendar	877–878
Discordian calendar	2327
Ethiopian calendar	1153–1154
Hebrew calendar	4921–4922
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1217–1218
-Shaka Samvat	1082–1083
-Kali Yuga	4261–4262
Holocene calendar	11161
Igbo calendar	161–162
Iranian calendar	539–540
Islamic calendar	555–557
Japanese calendar	Eiryaku2 /Ōhō1; ( ứng bảo nguyên niên )
Javanese calendar	1067–1068
Julian calendar	1161; MCLXI
Korean calendar	3494
Minguo calendar	751 beforeROC; Dân tiền 751 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−307
Seleucid era	1472/1473AG
Thai solar calendar	1703–1704
Tibetan calendar	Dương kim long niên; (male Iron-Dragon); 1287 or 906 or 134; — to —; Âm kim xà niên; (female Iron-Snake); 1288 or 907 or 135

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

Year1161(MCLXI) was acommon year starting on Sunday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Events

February 3–Battle of Oslo:KingInge I of Norway( "the Hunchback" ) is defeated and killed while fighting the forces ofHaakon II( "the Broadshouldered" ) who succeeds Inge, with 5-year-oldMagnus Vas co-ruler, but not without challenges to his sovereignty.
late summer/early autumn –Géza II of Hungaryand the envoys ofPope Alexander IIIconclude theConcordat of 1161,by which Géza agrees to support the Pope in exchange for concessions.^[2]
Magnus Henriksson,pretender to the throne ofSweden,is murdered byCharles VII,who becomes king of Sweden until1167.
AnAlmoravidoffensive against theKingdom of Portugalreaches the city ofAlmada,located on theTagusriver.^[3]

Jin–Song Wars:TheBattle of Tangdao(November 16) andBattle of Caishi(November 26–27) on theYangtzeRiver, between theJin dynastyand theSong dynastyinChinaresult in two pivotal Song naval victories.
December 15–Wanyan Liang,Chinese prince ofHailing,is assassinated while on campaign. He is succeeded byEmperor Shizong of Jin(until1189).

January 5–CanonizationofEdward the Confessor(d.1066) in England.^[4]
April 18–Theobald of Bec,archbishop ofCanterburyin England dies after an illness. KingHenry IIis informed and expresses the wish to have his friendThomas Becketelected as the successor.
after April 18 –Bartholomewis consecrated as bishop ofExeterin England (until1184).
TheCross of Saint Euphrosyne,commissioned byEuphrosyne of Polotskin Belarus, is created by craftsmanLazar Bohsha.(It goes missing duringWorld War II,and is not recovered subsequently).

^Runciman, Steven(1952).A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem.pp. 291–293.ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
^Makk, Ferenc (translated by György Novák) (1989).The Árpáds and the Comneni: Political Relations between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th century.Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 75.ISBN 963-05-5268-X.
^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.
^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History.London: Century Ltd. pp. 67–69.ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

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