1172
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1172 (MCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1172nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 172nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 12th century, and the 3rd year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1172, 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: | 1140s 1150s 1160s – 1170s – 1180s 1190s 1200s |
| Years: | 1169 1170 1171 – 1172 – 1173 1174 1175 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1172 MCLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1925 |
| Armenian calendar | 621 ԹՎ ՈԻԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5922 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1093–1094 |
| Bengali calendar | 579 |
| Berber calendar | 2122 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Hen. 2 – 19 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1716 |
| Burmese calendar | 534 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6680–6681 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 3868 or 3808 — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 3869 or 3809 |
| Coptic calendar | 888–889 |
| Discordian calendar | 2338 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1164–1165 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4932–4933 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1228–1229 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1093–1094 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4272–4273 |
| Holocene calendar | 11172 |
| Igbo calendar | 172–173 |
| Iranian calendar | 550–551 |
| Islamic calendar | 567–568 |
| Japanese calendar | Jōan 2 (承安２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1079–1080 |
| Julian calendar | 1172 MCLXXII |
| Korean calendar | 3505 |
| Minguo calendar | 740 before ROC 民前740年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −296 |
| Seleucid era | 1483/1484 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1714–1715 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金兔年 (female Iron-Rabbit) 1298 or 917 or 145 — to — 阳水龙年 (male Water-Dragon) 1299 or 918 or 146 |
Events
change- Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. He later becomes King Richard I of England.
- Pope Gregory VIII starts the Council of Avranches.
- The Synod of Cashel ended the Celtic Christian system and converted them to Rome.
Births
change- Baldwin I of Constantinople (d. 1205)
- Fujiwara Moroie, last of the Japanese Fujiwara Regents (d. 1238)
- Takash, the shah of Persia (d. 1200)
- Aubrey de Vere, 2nd Earl of Oxford (d. 1214)
- Louis I, Count of Blois (d. 1205)
- Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester (d. 1232)
- Isabella of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem 1190/1192–1205 (d. 1205)
Deaths
change- Agnes, daughter of Italian Count Amadeus III of Savoy (b. 1125)
- Hemachandra, Indian mathematician, philosopher and historian (b. 1089)