1161

1161 in various calendars
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	7 Hen. 2 – 8 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1705
Burmese calendar	523
Byzantine calendar	6669–6670
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon); 3858 or 3651; — to —; 辛巳年 (Metal Snake); 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	Eiryaku 2 / Ōhō 1; (応保元年)
Javanese calendar	1067–1068
Julian calendar	1161; MCLXI
Korean calendar	3494
Minguo calendar	751 before ROC; 民前751年
Nanakshahi calendar	−307
Seleucid era	1472/1473 AG
Thai solar calendar	1703–1704
Tibetan calendar	阳金龙年; (male Iron-Dragon); 1287 or 906 or 134; — to —; 阴金蛇年; (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;

Year 1161 (MCLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

February 3 – Battle of Oslo: King Inge I of Norway ("the Hunchback") is defeated and killed while fighting the forces of Haakon II ("the Broadshouldered") who succeeds Inge, with 5-year-old Magnus V as co-ruler, but not without challenges to his sovereignty.
late summer/early autumn – Géza II of Hungary and the envoys of Pope Alexander III conclude the Concordat of 1161, by which Géza agrees to support the Pope in exchange for concessions.^[2]
Magnus Henriksson, pretender to the throne of Sweden, is murdered by Charles VII, who becomes king of Sweden until 1167.
An Almoravid offensive against the Kingdom of Portugal reaches the city of Almada, located on the Tagus river.^[3]

Jin–Song Wars: The Battle of Tangdao (November 16) and Battle of Caishi (November 26–27) on the Yangtze River, between the Jin dynasty and the Song dynasty in China result in two pivotal Song naval victories.
December 15 – Wanyan Liang, Chinese prince of Hailing, is assassinated while on campaign. He is succeeded by Emperor Shizong of Jin (until 1189).

January 5 – Canonization of Edward the Confessor (d. 1066) in England.^[4]
April 18 – Theobald of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury in England dies after an illness. King Henry II is informed and expresses the wish to have his friend Thomas Becket elected as the successor.
after April 18 – Bartholomew is consecrated as bishop of Exeter in England (until 1184).
The Cross of Saint Euphrosyne, commissioned by Euphrosyne of Polotsk in Belarus, is created by craftsman Lazar Bohsha. (It goes missing during World 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.

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	7 Hen. 2 – 8 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1705
Burmese calendar	523
Byzantine calendar	6669–6670
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 3858 or 3651 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 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	Eiryaku 2 / Ōhō 1 (応保元年)
Javanese calendar	1067–1068
Julian calendar	1161 MCLXI
Korean calendar	3494
Minguo calendar	751 before ROC 民前751年
Nanakshahi calendar	−307
Seleucid era	1472/1473 AG
Thai solar calendar	1703–1704
Tibetan calendar	阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1287 or 906 or 134 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1288 or 907 or 135