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1160

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Years:
1157 1158 1159 - 1160 - 1161 1162 1163
Decades:
1130s 1140s 1150s - 1160s - 1170s 1180s 1190s
Centuries:
11th century - 12th century - 13th century
1160 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
1160 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1160
MCLX
Ab urbe condita 1913
Armenian calendar 609
ԹՎ ՈԹ
Chinese calendar 3856 – 3857
己卯 – 庚辰
Ethiopian calendar 1152 – 1153
Hebrew calendar 4920 – 4921
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 1215 – 1216
- Shaka Samvat 1082 – 1083
- Kali Yuga 4261 – 4262
Iranian calendar 538 – 539
Islamic calendar 555 – 556

Events

  • Eric IX of Sweden is succeeded by Karl Sverkersson. See Swedish monarchs.
  • Heiji Rebellion in Japan
  • Yasovarman II succeeds his uncle Dharanindravarman as ruler of the Khmer Empire. Dharanindravarman's son Jayavarman, acquieses to his cousin's succession and goes into exile in neighboring Champa.
  • Spital am Semmering founded by Margrave Ottokar III of Styria
  • The City of Tomar is founded in Portugal by Gualdim Pais
  • Reynald of Chatillon is arrested

Births

  • October 4 - Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France
  • Yaqub, Almohad Caliph, ruler of Morocco (died 1199)
  • John de Courcy, Earl of Ulster (died 1219)
  • Rabbi David Kimhi, Biblical commenator (died 1235)
  • Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (died 1218)
  • Taira no Noritsune, Japanese warrior (died 1185)
  • Geoffrey of Villehardouin, French chronicler
  • Ibn al-Athir, Anatolian historian (died 1233)
  • Sibylla of Jerusalem, daughter of Almaric I to Agnes of Courtenay (d. 1190)

Deaths

  • February 11 - Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (born 1123)
  • May 18 - Eric IX of Sweden
  • July 20 - Peter Lombard, French scholatic philosopher
  • Al-Muqtafi, Caliph of Baghdad
  • Dharanindravarman II, ruler of the Khmer Empire
  • Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (born 1140)

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