1168

1168 (MCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1168th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 168th year of the 2nd millennium, the 68th year of the 12th century, and the 9th year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1168, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1168 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1168 MCLXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1921
Armenian calendar	617 ԹՎ ՈԺԷ
Assyrian calendar	5918
Balinese saka calendar	1089–1090
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	1089–1090
- Kali Yuga	4268–4269
Holocene calendar	11168
Igbo calendar	168–169
Iranian calendar	546–547
Islamic calendar	563–564
Japanese calendar	Nin'an 3 (仁安３年)
Javanese calendar	1075–1076
Julian calendar	1168 MCLXVIII
Korean calendar	3501
Minguo calendar	744 before ROC 民前744年
Nanakshahi calendar	−300
Seleucid era	1479/1480 AG
Thai solar calendar	1710–1711
Tibetan calendar	མེ་མོ་ཕག་ལོ་ (female Fire-Boar) 1294 or 913 or 141     — to — ས་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་ (male Earth-Rat) 1295 or 914 or 142

Events

• December 22 – Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph 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.