1116

1116 (MCXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1116th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 116th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 12th century, and the 7th year of the 1110s decade. As of the start of 1116, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

• Baldwin I of Jerusalem begins an invasion of Egypt.
• The Zirid ruler of Ifriqiya, Ali ibn Yahya, takes over the independent island of Jerba, then acting as an independent piratical republic.^[1]

• The Aztecs leave Aztlán, searching for the site of what will eventually become Tenochtitlán (later Mexico City).

• The Portuguese, under the leadership of countess Theresa take two Galician cities, Tui and Ourense. In reply, the sister of Countess Theresa, Queen Urraca of Leon and Castile, attacks Portugal.
• Almoravid troops take over the Balearic islands whose Muslim king had been severely weakened by Pisan and Catalan raiders.^[2]

• The modern book of separate pages stitched together is invented in China.
• Construction starts on the Chennakesava Temple in India.
• Aak music is introduced to the Korean court by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

• Roger de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (d. 1173)

• February 3 – Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
• February 25 – Robert of Arbrissel, a preacher and founder of the abbey of Fontevrault (b. c. 1045)