1168
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1130s 1140s 1150s – 1160s – 1170s 1180s 1190s |
| Years: | 1165 1166 1167 – 1168 – 1169 1170 1171 |
| 1168 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| 1168 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1168 MCLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1921 |
| Armenian calendar | 617 ԹՎ ՈԺԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5918 |
| 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) 3864 or 3804 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3865 or 3805 |
| Coptic calendar | 884–885 |
| Discordian calendar | 2334 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1160–1161 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4928–4929 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1224–1225 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1090–1091 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4269–4270 |
| Holocene calendar | 11168 |
| Igbo calendar | 168–169 |
| Iranian calendar | 546–547 |
| Islamic calendar | 563–564 |
| Japanese calendar | Nin'an 3 (仁安３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1168 MCLXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3501 |
| Minguo calendar | 744 before ROC 民前744年 |
| Seleucid era | 1479/1480 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1710–1711 |
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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, crusader (d. 1219)
- Prithviraj Chauhan of India (d. 1192)
Deaths
- February 4 – Thierry, Count of Flanders (b. 1099)
- April 5 – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)
References
- ↑ Jean-Claude Maire Vigueur (2010) L'autre Rome. Une histoire des Romains à l'époque communale (XIIe-XIVe siècle). Paris: Tallandier. pp.314.
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