1161

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

Events

By place

Europe

• Haakon II (the Broadshouldered). He is succeeded by Haakon with the 5-year-old Magnus V
  as co-ruler, but not without challenges to his sovereignty.
• Magnus II (Henriksson), pretender to the Swedish throne, is murdered by Charles VII (or Karl), 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).^[1]
• Géza II of Hungary and the envoys of Pope Alexander III conclude the Concordat of 1161.^[2]

Asia

• Song Dynasty in China
  , result in two pivotal Song naval victories.
• Hailing, is assassinated while on campaign. He is succeeded by Emperor Shi Zong of the Jin Dynasty (until 1189
  ).

• Spring – Theobald of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury dies after an illness. King Henry II is informed and he expresses the wish to have his friend Thomas Becket elected as his successor.
• Bartholomew Iscanus is elected and consecrated as bishop of Exeter (until 1184
  ).

• The Cross of Euphrosyne, commissioned by Euphrosyne of Polotsk, is created by craftsman Lazar Bohsa. (The cross later went missing during World War II, and has not been recovered).

Births

• February 22 – Innocent III, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1216)
• September 20 – Takakura, emperor of Japan (d. 1181)
• Alfonso Téllez de Meneses, Spanish nobleman (d. 1230)
• Baldwin IV (the Leper), king of Jerusalem (d. 1185)
• Beatrice of Albon, duchess of Burgundy (d. 1228)
• Belgutei, half-brother of Genghis Khan (d. 1271)
• Börte, wife of Genghis Khan (approximate date)
• Constance, duchess of Brittany (approximate date)
• Da'ud Abu al-Fadl, Ayyubid physician (d. 1242)
• Eleanor of England, queen of Castile (d. 1214)
• Guðmundur Arason, Icelandic bishop (d. 1237)
• Sancho (or Sanche), Spanish nobleman (d. 1223)
• Sasaki Yoshikiyo, Japanese nobleman (d. 1242)
• Satō Tadanobu, Japanese samurai (d. 1186)
• Tsangpa Gyare, Tibetan Buddhist leader (d. 1211)

Deaths

• Inge I (the Hunchback), king of Norway (b. 1135
  )
• April 18 – Theobald of Bec, archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1090)
• May 12 – Fergus of Galloway, Scottish nobleman
• June 14 – Qin Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 1100)
• September 10 – Tala'i ibn Ruzzik, Fatimid vizier
• September 11 – Melisende, queen of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• October 12 – Henry V, duke of Carinthia (House of Sponheim)
• October 28 – Imar of Tusculum, French abbot and bishop
• Nevers and Auxerre
• November 23 – Adam of Ebrach, German monk and abbot
• December 15 – Wanyan Liang, Chinese emperor (b. 1122)
• Akarius Fitz Bardolph, English nobleman and knight
• Hu Hong, Chinese scholar and philosopher (b. 1105)
• Magnus II (Henriksson), king of Sweden (b. 1130)
• Rechung Dorje Drakpa, Tibetan Buddhist leader
• Roger IV, duke of Apulia and Calabria (b. 1152)

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