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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1130s 1140s 1150s – 1160s – 1170s 1180s 1190s |
| Years: | 1157 1158 1159 – 1160 – 1161 1162 1163 |
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| 1160 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1160 MCLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1913 |
| Armenian calendar | 609 ԹՎ ՈԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5910 |
| Bengali calendar | 567 |
| Berber calendar | 2110 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Hen. 2 – 7 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1704 |
| Burmese calendar | 522 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6668–6669 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3856 or 3796 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3857 or 3797 |
| Coptic calendar | 876–877 |
| Discordian calendar | 2326 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1152–1153 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4920–4921 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1216–1217 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1082–1083 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4261–4262 |
| Holocene calendar | 11160 |
| Igbo calendar | 160–161 |
| Iranian calendar | 538–539 |
| Islamic calendar | 554–555 |
| Japanese calendar | Heiji 2 / Eiryaku 1 (永暦元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1160 MCLX |
| Korean calendar | 3493 |
| Minguo calendar | 752 before ROC 民前752年 |
| Seleucid era | 1471/1472 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1702–1703 |
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Year 1160 (MCLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
- The Almohads conquer Mahdia from the Normans after an important naval success near the city against Christian reenforcement coming from Sicily.[1]
- A commercial treaty between the Almohad caliphate and the Republic of Pisa opens the North African ports to Tuscan merchants.[1]
Asia
- The Heiji Rebellion continues in Japan. Some 500 Minamoto rebels opposed to the retired emperor Go-Shirakawa carry out a daring raid on the Sanjo Palace.
- Yasovarman II succeeds his uncle Dharanindravarman as ruler of the Khmer Empire. Dharanindravarman's son Jayavarman acquiesces to his cousin's succession and goes into exile in neighboring Champa.
- Reynald of Chatillon is arrested by the Muslims.
Europe
- February 3 – Emperor Frederick Barbarossa takes Crema, Italy following a cruel siege, as part of his campaign against the independent Italian city-states.
- May 18 – Erik Jedvardsson is murdered, after which his murderer Magnus Henriksen proclaims himself king of Sweden. He is murdered in turn the following year, however. Eric is soon worshipped as a saint. Though never formally canonized by the pope, he eventually becomes the patron saint of Sweden.
- Richard FitzNeal is named Treasurer of the Exchequer of England, and begins writing a handbook for the division, his Dialogus de Scaccario. It will describe the organization of personnel, the duties of each, how to audit sheriff's accounts at Easter and Michaelmas, how to value coinage, and how to draw up receipts.[2]
- The city of Tomar is founded in Portugal by Gualdim Pais.
- Spital am Semmering is founded by Margrave Ottokar III of Styria.
- Large Portuguese offensive in the Alentejo against the Muslims.[3]
By topic
Education
- Derby School is founded at Derby, England.
Births
- October 4 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. c. 1220)
- Yaqub, Almohad Caliph, ruler of Morocco (d. 1199)
- John de Courcy, Earl of Ulster (d. 1219)
- Rabbi David Kimhi, biblical commentator (d. 1235)
- Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, French crusader (d. 1218)
- Taira no Noritsune, Japanese warrior (d. 1185)
- Geoffrey of Villehardouin, French chronicler (d. c. (1212)
- Ibn al-Athir, Anatolian historian (d. 1233)
- Sibylla of Jerusalem, daughter of Almaric I and Agnes of Courtenay (d. 1190)
- Dulce, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1198)
- Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, the second emir of Damascus.
- Robin Hood, a heroic outlaw in English folklore (d. 1247)
- Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen (d. 1218)
Deaths
- February 11 – Minamoto no Yoshitomo, Japanese general (b. 1123)
- May 18 – Eric Jedvardsson, king of Sweden since 1156 (b. c. 1120)
- July 20 – Peter Lombard, French scholastic philosopher (b. c. 1100)
- October 4 – Constance of Castile, Queen of France (b. 1141)
- date unknown
- Al-Muqtafi, Caliph of Baghdad
- Dharanindravarman II, ruler of the Khmer Empire
- Minamoto no Yoshihira, Japanese warrior (b. 1140)
- Raymond du Puy, the first Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller. (b. c.1083)
