What is 1168?
{{Year nav|1168}} {{Year in various calendars|1168}} {{Year article header|1168}} == Events == * [[December 22]] – Afraid that [[Cairo|Old Cairo]] would be captured by the [[Crusade]]rs, its [[Fatimid Caliphate|Caliph]] 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]]. [[Category:1168| ]]