1159
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Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s |
Years: | 1156 1157 1158 - 1159 - 1160 1161 1162 |
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1159 in poetry |
Gregorian calendar | 1159 MCLIX |
Ab urbe condita | 1912 |
Armenian calendar | 608 ԹՎ ՈԸ |
Bahá'í calendar | -685 – -684 |
Berber calendar | 2109 |
Buddhist calendar | 1703 |
Burmese calendar | 521 |
Byzantine calendar | 6667 – 6668 |
Chinese calendar | 戊寅年十二月初十日 (3795/3855-12-10) — to —
己卯年十一月二十日(3796/3856-11-20) |
Coptic calendar | 875 – 876 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1151 – 1152 |
Hebrew calendar | 4919 – 4920 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1214 – 1215 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1081 – 1082 |
- Kali Yuga | 4260 – 4261 |
Holocene calendar | 11159 |
Iranian calendar | 537 – 538 |
Islamic calendar | 553 – 554 |
Japanese calendar | |
Korean calendar | 3492 |
Thai solar calendar | 1702 |
[edit] Events
- In the Roman Catholic Church, cardinals are given the right to elect the Pope. Prior to this, the pope was elected by the clergy and congregation of the church.
- September 7 — Pope Alexander III succeeds Pope Adrian IV as the 170th pope.
- The Heiji Rebellion breaks out in Japan.
- Tunis is reconquered from the Normans by the Almohad caliphs.
[edit] Births
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (d. 1189)
[edit] Deaths
- May 30 — Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)
- September 1 — Pope Adrian IV (b. c. 1100)
- October 11 — William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
- Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)
- Joscelin II, Count of Edessa