1163

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1130s  1140s  1150s  – 1160s –  1170s  1180s  1190s
Years:	1160 1161 1162 – 1163 – 1164 1165 1166

1163 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1163 MCLXIII
Ab urbe condita	1916
Armenian calendar	612 ԹՎ ՈԺԲ
Assyrian calendar	5913
Balinese saka calendar	1084–1085
Bengali calendar	570
Berber calendar	2113
English Regnal year	9 Hen. 2 – 10 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1707
Burmese calendar	525
Byzantine calendar	6671–6672
Chinese calendar	壬午年 (Water Horse) 3859 or 3799     — to — 癸未年 (Water Goat) 3860 or 3800
Coptic calendar	879–880
Discordian calendar	2329
Ethiopian calendar	1155–1156
Hebrew calendar	4923–4924
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1219–1220
- Shaka Samvat	1084–1085
- Kali Yuga	4263–4264
Holocene calendar	11163
Igbo calendar	163–164
Iranian calendar	541–542
Islamic calendar	558–559
Japanese calendar	Ōhō 3 / Chōkan 1 (長寛元年)
Javanese calendar	1069–1070
Julian calendar	1163 MCLXIII
Korean calendar	3496
Minguo calendar	749 before ROC 民前749年
Nanakshahi calendar	−305
Seleucid era	1474/1475 AG
Thai solar calendar	1705–1706
Tibetan calendar	阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1289 or 908 or 136     — to — 阴水羊年 (female Water-Goat) 1290 or 909 or 137

1163 (MCLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1163rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 163rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 12th century, and the 4th year of the 1160s decade. As of the start of 1163, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales.
• Silesian duchies accept suzerainty of Holy Roman Empire.
• Law of Succession is introduced in Norway.
• Council of Tours is held, names and condemns Albigensians.
• Abbey of Lokkum in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house by Cornwall
• Egyptian empire re– resurrected for 10 days