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The 1159 (one thousand one hundred and fifty-ninth) year in the Julian calendar is a non-leap year starting on Thursday . This is 1159 year of our era , 159 year of 2 millenniums , 59 year of the XII century , 9 year of the 6th decade of the XII century, 10 year of the 1150s .

Content

1 Events
2 born
3 passed away
4 See also
5 notes

Events

Denny Monastery (England), founded in 1159

September 1 - Pope Adrian IV died ^[1] .
Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are given the right to elect the Pope .
Alexander III becomes pope in the fight against several anti-dads with the help of King Sicily William I.
Tunisia was recaptured from the Normans by the Almohad .
1159-1181 - Pope Alexander III (c. 1105-1181).
March. The meeting of Henry II and Raimund-Berengaria IV , Count of Barcelona in Aquitaine . The issue of the marriage of young Richard and one of the daughters of the Catalan sovereign is being decided.
Summer. Henry II raids the possessions of Toulouse county .
The battle of Frederick Barbarossa at Milan .
King of Denmark Waldemar I the Great began a series of campaigns against the Wends.
The work of John of Salisbury , Polycraticus (Polycraticus), is completed.
The conclusion of a peace treaty between Manuel I Komnin and Nur al-Din .
July 1 (Saturday, the 23rd day of the second month of Jumaad). Nur al-Din captures Harran.
1159-ok. 1170 - Zhupan Raski Stefan Nemanja.
Manuel Comnenus approached Antioch . Prince Renald obeyed him.
Rostislav Mstislavich began to reign in Kiev.
Ivan Berladnik went on a campaign against the Galician prince Yaroslav Osmomysl , besieged Ushitsa, but was defeated.
1159-1165 - 78th Emperor of Japan Nijo (1143-65).
1159, April - 1160, January - The Heiji Years. ( Japan )
1159–1160 - “The Time of Troubles of the Heiji ” in Japan.
1159 - Killed Fujiwara Nobuyori.

Born

See also: Category: Born in 1159

Died

See also: Category: Deaths in 1159

September 1 - Adrian IV , Pope since 1154 (b.oc. 1115 )

Notes

↑ SIE t.1 - S.219.

[1] SIE t.1 - S.219.