1159

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

1159 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments v • d • e
Art and literature
1159 in poetry v • d • e

**1159 in other calendars**
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
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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.

Births

Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (d. 1189)

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

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