1166

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1130s  1140s  1150s  – 1160s –  1170s  1180s  1190s
Years:	1163 1164 1165 – 1166 – 1167 1168 1169

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1166 (MCLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1166th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 166th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 12th century, and the 7th year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1166, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Births

• December 24 – John I of England

Events

• Marko III follows Yoannis V as patriarch of Alexandria.
• Henry the Lion builds the first bronze statue north of the Alps.
• Giraldo Sempavor captures Evora.

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  King William II of Sicily (who succeeds to the throne age 12 this year) offering the Monreale Cathedral to the Virgin Mary.