1162

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

1162 Media

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  Emperor Xiao Zong (1127–1194)

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.

Events

• 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

• 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

• 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)