Centuries:	11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades:	1130s  1140s  1150s  - 1160s -  1170s  1180s  1190s
Years:	1158 1159 1160 - 1161 - 1162 1163 1164

1161 by topic

Politics

State leaders - Sovereign states

Birth and death categories

Births - Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

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Art and literature

1161 in poetry v • d • e

1161 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1161 MCLXI
Ab urbe condita	1914
Armenian calendar	610 ԹՎ ՈԺ
Bahá'í calendar	-683 – -682
Berber calendar	2111
Buddhist calendar	1705
Burmese calendar	523
Byzantine calendar	6669 – 6670
Chinese calendar	庚辰年十二月初三日 (3797/3857-12-3) — to — 辛巳年十二月十三日 (3798/3858-12-13)
Coptic calendar	877 – 878
Ethiopian calendar	1153 – 1154
Hebrew calendar	4921 – 4922
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1216 – 1217
- Shaka Samvat	1083 – 1084
- Kali Yuga	4262 – 4263
Holocene calendar	11161
Iranian calendar	539 – 540
Islamic calendar	555 – 557
Japanese calendar
Korean calendar	3494
Thai solar calendar	1704
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Events

• Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• Godfrey Ua Raghallaigh dies; his son Cathal succeeds him.
• The Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi, on the Yangtze River between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty and the Chinese Song Dynasty, result in two pivotal Song naval victories.

Births

• September 23 — Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
• Constance, Duchess of Brittany (d. 1201)
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (d. 1185)
• Wincenty Kadłubek, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1223)
• Pope Innocent III (d. 1216)

Deaths

• April 18 — Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury
• June 14 — Former Emperor Qinzong of Southern Song Dynasty China (b. 1084)
• September 11 — Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• November 23 — Adam, Abbot of Ebrach
• December 15 — Emperor Prince Hǎilíng of Jin Dynasty China (b. 1122)