Famous Weddings
- Dec 24 Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos marries Princess Maria of Antioch in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, with chariot races to celebrate in the Hippodrome
Famous People Who Died in 1161
- Apr 18 Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 71
- Jun 14 Qinzong, last Emperor of Song Dynasty in China, dies at 61
- Sep 11 Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)