PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1160 – 1169

The world in the 1160s

From 1160 to 1169 the atlas holds 366 states standing at some time. 26 things began - Crown of Aragon, Kingdom of Navarre and Principality of Orange among them - and 7 ended; 53 people were born and 36 died, 3 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1160: 7 began — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other11601161: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11611162: 3 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other11621163: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other11631164: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other11641165: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11651166: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11661167: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other11671168: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11681169: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1169

What began in the 1160s

By kind, the best known first.

States 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 2

What ended in the 1160s

States 5

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

Born 53

and 37 more in the atlas.

Died 36

and 20 more in the atlas.

States of the 1160s

The states that stood at some time in the 1160s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1160.

Europe: 195 statesEurope195Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 7 statesSub-Saharan Africa7South Asia: 43 statesSouth Asia43East and Southeast Asia: 31 statesEast and Southeast Asia31Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe195 states

and 187 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 54 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa7 states

South Asia43 states

and 35 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia31 states

and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1140 – 1189: every state, war and life of the 1160s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1165: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.