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Year 1168 (MCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • December 22 – Afraid that the Egyptian capital Fustat (in today's Old Cairo) will be captured by the Crusaders, its Fatimid vizier, Shawar, orders the city set afire. The city burns for 54 days.
  • Prince Richard of England becomes duke of Aquitaine. He later becomes King Richard I of England.
  • Emperor Takakura ascends to the throne of Japan.
  • King Valdemar I of Denmark conquers Arkona on the Island of Rügen, the strongest pagan fortress and temple in Northern Europe.
  • The newly born Commune of Rome conquers and destroys the rival neighboring city of Albano.
  • The Vladimir-Suzdal begins in Russia.

    • Births

  • Hugh IX of Lusignan, crusader (d. 1219)

    • Deaths

  • January 17 – Thierry, Count of Flanders (b. 1099)
  • April 5 – Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104)

    • References

    1168 Wikipedia
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