1116

Quick facts

1116 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1116 MCXVI
Ab urbe condita	1869
Armenian calendar	565 ԹՎ ՇԿԵ
Assyrian calendar	5866
Balinese saka calendar	1037–1038
Bengali calendar	522–523
Berber calendar	2066
English Regnal year	16 Hen. 1 – 17 Hen. 1
Buddhist calendar	1660
Burmese calendar	478
Byzantine calendar	6624–6625
Chinese calendar	乙未年 (Wood Goat) 3813 or 3606 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3814 or 3607
Coptic calendar	832–833
Discordian calendar	2282
Ethiopian calendar	1108–1109
Hebrew calendar	4876–4877
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1172–1173
- Shaka Samvat	1037–1038
- Kali Yuga	4216–4217
Holocene calendar	11116
Igbo calendar	116–117
Iranian calendar	494–495
Islamic calendar	509–510
Japanese calendar	Eikyū 4 (永久４年)
Javanese calendar	1021–1022
Julian calendar	1116 MCXVI
Korean calendar	3449
Minguo calendar	796 before ROC 民前796年
Nanakshahi calendar	−352
Seleucid era	1427/1428 AG
Thai solar calendar	1658–1659
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་མོ་ལུག་ལོ་ (female Wood-Sheep) 1242 or 861 or 89 — to — མེ་ཕོ་སྤྲེ་ལོ་ (male Fire-Monkey) 1243 or 862 or 90

Autumn – Battle of Philomelion: Emperor Alexios I Komnenos leads an expedition into Anatolia and meets the Seljuk army under Sultan Malik Shah (near Philomelium). The Byzantines introduce a new battle formation of Alexios' devising, the parataxis (a defensive formation, consisting of a hollow square, with the baggage in the centre). During the battle, the Seljuk Turks mount several attacks on the formations, but all are repulsed. The Byzantine cavalry makes two counterattacks; the first is unsuccessful. But a second attack, led by Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger, breaks the Seljuk forces, who then turn to flight. The following day Malik Shah again attacks, his army completely surrounding the Byzantines from all sides. The Seljuk Turks are once more repulsed, with many losses. Alexios claims the victory, and Malik Shah is forced to accept a peace treaty, in which he promises to respect the frontiers of the Byzantine Empire.^[1]^[2]

Summer – Crusaders under King Baldwin I of Jerusalem undertake an expedition to Egypt and march as far as Akaba on the Red Sea. After the local inhabitants flee from the town, Baldwin constructs castles in Akaba and on a nearby island. He leaves a garrison in both fortresses. The three Crusader strongholds – Montréal, Eilat and Graye – secure the control of the caravan routes between Syria and Egypt.^[3]
Autumn – Baldwin I hastens to Tyre (modern Lebanon) and begins the construction of a new fortress, known as Scandelion Castle, at the Ladder of Tyre, which completes the blockade of the town from the mainland.^[4]

February 3 – Coloman, King of Hungary ("the Learned") dies after a 21-year reign in which he has consolidated the feudal system in Hungary and expanded the frontier (partly by overthrowing Petar Snačić, king of Croatia).
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona ("the Great"), sails to Rome in an effort to gain support from the Italian states and a licence from Pope Paschal II for his crusade against the Moors in Spain.
July 15 – Ordelafo Faliero, doge of Venice, defeats Hungarian troops under King Stephen II, who have arrived to relieve Zadar; the remaining towns of Dalmatia surrender to Venice.
The settlement of Malamocco on the Venice Lido is submerged as a result of an exceptional storm surge.^[5]^[6]
Portuguese forces under Countess Theresa take two Galician cities, Tui and Ourense. In reply, the sister of Theresa, Queen Urraca ("the Reckless"), attacks Portugal.
Almoravid troops conquer the Balearic islands, whose Moorish rulers have been severely weakened by Pisan and Catalan raiders.^[7]

The Welsh under King Gruffydd ap Rhys of Deheubarth attack Llandovery Castle, but are defeated. Gruffydd also attacks Swansea Castle and destroys the outer walls.^[8]

The Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, Ali ibn Yahya, conquers the island of Jerba, then acting as an independent piratical republic.^[9]

Aak music is introduced to the Korean court, through a large gift of 428 musical instruments as well as 572 costumes and ritual dance objects from China, by Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty.

Construction starts on the Chennakeshava Temple (located on the Yagachi River) commissioned by King Vishnuvardhana at Belur in India.
The monastery and cathedral at Peterborough in England are destroyed by fire.^[10]

Events