1169
year
1169 (MCLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1169th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 169th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 12th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1169, 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: | 1166 1167 1168 – 1169 – 1170 1171 1172 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1169 MCLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1922 |
| Armenian calendar | 618 ԹՎ ՈԺԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5919 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1090–1091 |
| Bengali calendar | 576 |
| Berber calendar | 2119 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Hen. 2 – 16 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1713 |
| Burmese calendar | 531 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6677–6678 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 3865 or 3805 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 3866 or 3806 |
| Coptic calendar | 885–886 |
| Discordian calendar | 2335 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1161–1162 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4929–4930 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1225–1226 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1090–1091 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4269–4270 |
| Holocene calendar | 11169 |
| Igbo calendar | 169–170 |
| Iranian calendar | 547–548 |
| Islamic calendar | 564–565 |
| Japanese calendar | Nin'an 4 / Kaō 1 (嘉応元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1076–1077 |
| Julian calendar | 1169 MCLXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3502 |
| Minguo calendar | 743 before ROC 民前743年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −299 |
| Seleucid era | 1480/1481 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1711–1712 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1295 or 914 or 142 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1296 or 915 or 143 |
Events
change- Nur ad-Din invades Egypt, and his nephew Saladin becomes the sultan over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din.
- Prince Andrey Bogolyubskiy sacks the Kievan Rus' capital Kiev.
- Start of the conquest of Ireland. Richard fitzGilbert de Clare ('Strongbow') makes an alliance with the exiled Irish chief, Dermot MacMurrough, to help him recover his kingdom of Leinster.
- Eleanor of Aquitaine leaves the English court of Henry II to establish her great court in Poitiers where the Courts of Love flourished.