1116: Year
1116 (MCXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1116th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 116th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 12th century, and the 7th year of the 1110s decade.
As of the start of 1116, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1080s 1090s 1100s – 1110s – 1120s 1130s 1140s |
| Years: | 1113 1114 1115 – 1116 – 1117 1118 1119 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1116 MCXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1869 |
| Armenian calendar | 565 ԹՎ ՇԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5866 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1037–1038 |
| Bengali calendar | 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) 3812 or 3752 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 3813 or 3753 |
| 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 | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1242 or 861 or 89 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1243 or 862 or 90 |
Events
By area
Africa
- Baldwin I of Jerusalem begins an invasion of Egypt.
- The Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, Ali ibn Yahya, takes over the independent island of Jerba, then acting as an independent piratical republic.
Americas
- The Aztecs leave Aztlán, searching for the site of what will eventually become Tenochtitlán (later Mexico City).
Europe
- The Portuguese, under the leadership of countess Theresa take two Galician cities, Tui and Ourense. In reply, the sister of Countess Theresa, Queen Urraca of Leon and Castile, attacks Portugal.
- Almoravid troops take over the Balearic islands whose Muslim king had been severely weakened by Pisan and Catalan raiders.
By topic
Arts and technology
- The modern book of separate pages stitched together is invented in China.
- Construction starts on the Chennakesava Temple in India.
- Aak music is introduced to the Korean court by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
Births
- Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (d. 1173)
Deaths
- February 3 – Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
- February 25 – Robert of Arbrissel, a preacher and founder of the abbey of Fontevrault (b. c. 1045)
References
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