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

1166 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1166 MCLXVI
Ab urbe condita	1919
Armenian calendar	615 ԹՎ ՈԺԵ
Assyrian calendar	5916
Balinese saka calendar	1087–1088
Bengali calendar	573
Berber calendar	2116
English Regnal year	12 Hen. 2 – 13 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1710
Burmese calendar	528
Byzantine calendar	6674–6675
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 3862 or 3802     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 3863 or 3803
Coptic calendar	882–883
Discordian calendar	2332
Ethiopian calendar	1158–1159
Hebrew calendar	4926–4927
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1222–1223
- Shaka Samvat	1087–1088
- Kali Yuga	4266–4267
Holocene calendar	11166
Igbo calendar	166–167
Iranian calendar	544–545
Islamic calendar	561–562
Japanese calendar	Eiman 2 / Nin'an 1 (仁安元年)
Javanese calendar	1073–1074
Julian calendar	1166 MCLXVI
Korean calendar	3499
Minguo calendar	746 before ROC 民前746年
Nanakshahi calendar	−302
Seleucid era	1477/1478 AG
Thai solar calendar	1708–1709
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1292 or 911 or 139     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1293 or 912 or 140

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.