1163
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1130s 1140s 1150s – 1160s – 1170s 1180s 1190s |
| Years: | 1160 1161 1162 – 1163 – 1164 1165 1166 |
| 1163 by topic | |
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| 1163 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1163 MCLXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1916 |
| Armenian calendar | 612 ԹՎ ՈԺԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5913 |
| 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 | 1085–1086 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4264–4265 |
| 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) |
| Julian calendar | 1163 MCLXIII |
| Korean calendar | 3496 |
| Minguo calendar | 749 before ROC 民前749年 |
| Seleucid era | 1474/1475 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1705–1706 |
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Year 1163 (MCLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- Owain Gwynedd is recognized as ruler of Wales.
- Silesian duchies accept the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire.
- The Law of Succession is introduced in Norway.
- Council of Tours: Albigensians are named and condemned as heretics.
- Loccum Abbey in Hanover is founded as a Cistercian house by Cornwall.
- The Egyptian empire is resurrected for 10 days.
- The Guanfuchang salt-fields (官富場) in Hong Kong, nowadays To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Bay, Kwun Tong and Lam Tin districts, are first officially operated by the Song Dynasty.
- The first stone of Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral is set by Pope Alexander III.
- The Almohads finish driving the Normans out of North Africa.
Births
- Ban Kulin, ruler of Bosnia (d. 1204)
- Canute VI of Denmark (d. 1202)
- Ottokar IV of Styria (d. 1192)
- Hōjō Yoshitoki, Kamakura regent (d. 1224)
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (d. 1181)
Deaths
- January 14 – King Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
- date unknown
- Constance of Antioch, ruler of Antioch (b. 1127)
- Abd al-Mumin, founder of the Almohad empire (b. 1094)
- Dahui Zonggao, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (b. 1089)