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Art and literature |
1168 in poetry |
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) 3865 or 3658 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3866 or 3659 |
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 |
Year 1168 (MCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- December 22 – Afraid that the Egyptian capital Fustat (in today's 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 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.
Births
- Hugh IX of Lusignan, French crusader (d. 1219)
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)
References
- ^ Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur (2010) L'autre Rome. Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle). Paris: Tallandier. pp.314.