Editing 1161 (section)

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[December 24]] &ndash; The widowed Emperor [[Manuel I Komnenos]] marries [[Maria of Antioch]], aged 16, at [[Hagia Sophia]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Steven Runciman|first=Steven|last=Runciman|year=1952|title=A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem|pages=291–293|isbn=978-0-241-29876-3}}</ref>

==== Europe ====
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Battle of Oslo (1161)|Battle of Oslo]]: King [[Inge I of Norway]] ("the Hunchback") is defeated and killed while fighting the forces of [[Haakon II of Norway|Haakon II]] ("the Broadshouldered") who succeeds Inge, with 5-year-old [[Magnus V of Norway|Magnus V]] as co-ruler, but not without challenges to his sovereignty.
* late summer/early autumn &ndash; [[Géza II of Hungary]] and the envoys of [[Pope Alexander III]] conclude the [[Concordat of 1161]], by which Géza agrees to support the Pope in exchange for concessions.<ref>{{cite book|last=Makk|first=Ferenc (translated by György Novák)|year=1989|title=The Árpáds and the Comneni: Political Relations between Hungary and Byzantium in the 12th century|publisher=Akadémiai Kiadó|page=75|isbn=963-05-5268-X}}</ref>
* [[Magnus Henriksson]], pretender to the throne of [[Sweden]], is murdered by [[Charles VII of Sweden|Charles VII]], who becomes king of Sweden until [[1167]].
* An [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] offensive against the [[Kingdom of Portugal]] reaches the city of [[Almada]], located on the [[Tagus]] river.<ref>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=Le Portugal musulman, VIIIe-XIIIe Siècle: L'Occident d'al-Andalus sous domination islamique|year=2000|publisher=Maisonneuve & Larose|location=Paris|isbn=2-7068-1398-9|page=110}}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Jin–Song Wars]]: The [[Battle of Tangdao]] ([[November 16]]) and [[Battle of Caishi]] ([[November 26]]–[[November 27|27]]) on the [[Yangtze]] River, between the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] and the [[Song dynasty]] in [[China]] result in two pivotal Song naval victories.
* [[December 15]] – [[Wanyan Liang]], Chinese prince of [[Hailing District|Hailing]], is assassinated while on campaign. He is succeeded by [[Emperor Shizong of Jin]] (until [[1189]]).

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Canonization]] of [[Edward the Confessor]] (d. [[1066]]) in England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=67–69|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Theobald of Bec]], archbishop of [[Diocese of Canterbury|Canterbury]] in England dies after an illness. King [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] is informed and expresses the wish to have his friend [[Thomas Becket]] elected as the successor.
* after April 18 &ndash; [[Bartholomew of Exeter|Bartholomew]] is consecrated as bishop of [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]] in England (until [[1184]]).
* The [[Cross of Saint Euphrosyne]], commissioned by [[Euphrosyne of Polotsk]] in Belarus, is created by craftsman [[Lazar Bohsha]]. (It goes missing during [[World War II]], and is not recovered subsequently).</onlyinclude>