1162 (MCLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1162nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 162nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 12th century, and the 3rd year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1162, 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: | 1130s 1140s 1150s – 1160s – 1170s 1180s 1190s |
| Years: | 1159 1160 1161 – 1162 – 1163 1164 1165 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1162 MCLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1915 |
| Armenian calendar | 611 ԹՎ ՈԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5912 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1083–1084 |
| Bengali calendar | 569 |
| Berber calendar | 2112 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Hen. 2 – 9 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1706 |
| Burmese calendar | 524 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6670–6671 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 3858 or 3798 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 3859 or 3799 |
| Coptic calendar | 878–879 |
| Discordian calendar | 2328 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1154–1155 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4922–4923 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1218–1219 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1083–1084 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4262–4263 |
| Holocene calendar | 11162 |
| Igbo calendar | 162–163 |
| Iranian calendar | 540–541 |
| Islamic calendar | 557–558 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōhō 2 (応保２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1068–1069 |
| Julian calendar | 1162 MCLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3495 |
| Minguo calendar | 750 before ROC 民前750年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −306 |
| Seleucid era | 1473/1474 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1704–1705 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1288 or 907 or 135 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1289 or 908 or 136 |
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Events
change- June 3 – Thomas Becket named Archbishop of Canterbury.
- July 15 – Ladislaus II of Hungary declared King of Hungary.
- July 24 – Emperor Gaozong abdicated to Emperor Xiaozong.
- July 25 – Emperor Xiaozong said to restore Yue Fei after his death.
Births
change- October 13 – Leonora of England, queen of Alfonso VIII of Castile (died 1214)
- Abd-el-latif, Baghdad traveller and writer
- Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire (died 1227)
- Muhammad of Ghor, Persian conqueror and sultan (died 1206)
- Renier of Montferrat, Byzantine politician
- Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford (died 1218)
Deaths
change- February 10 – King Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)
- June 27 – Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)
- July 7 – Haakon II of Norway
- August 6 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona
- Heloise, lover of Pierre Abélard (born 1101)
- Iziaslav III of Kiev
- Ibn Zuhr, Arab physician (born 1090)