Year 1159 (
MCLIX) was a
common year starting on Thursday
A common year starting on Thursday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Thursday, 1 January, and ends on Thursday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is D. The most recent year of such kind was 2015 and the next one ...
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events
* September 7 – Pope Alexander III
Pope Alexander III (c. 1100/1105 – 30 August 1181), born Roland ( it, Rolando), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 September 1159 until his death in 1181.
A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a con ...
succeeds Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV ( la, Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. He is the only Englishman t ...
, as the 170th pope.
* The Heiji Rebellion breaks out in Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
.
* Tunis is reconquered from the Normans, by the Almohad caliphs.
* (Approximate date): Churchman Richard FitzNeal is appointed Lord High Treasurer in England, in charge of Henry II of England's Exchequer, an office he will hold for almost 40 years.
Births
* Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (d. 1189
Year 1189 ( MCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In English law, 1189 - specifically the beginning of the reign of Richard I - is considered the end of time immemorial.
...
)
Deaths
* May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– Wladislaus II, the Exile of Poland (b. 1105
Year 1105 ( MCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Levant
* February 28 – Raymond IV (Saint-Gilles) dies at his castle of Mons Peregrinus ("Pilgr ...
)
* August 29 – Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s
The 1110s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1110, and ended on December 31, 1119.
Significant people
* Pope Paschal II
* Al-Mustazhir caliph of Baghdad
* Muhammad Tapar
Abu Shuja Ghiyath al-Dunya wa'l-Din Muhammad ...
)
* September 1 – Pope Adrian IV
Pope Adrian IV ( la, Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. He is the only Englishman t ...
(b. c. 1100
Year 1100 ( MC) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1100th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 100th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and ...
)
* October 11 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne
Count of Boulogne was a historical title in the Kingdom of France. The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer became the centre of the county of Boulogne during the ninth century. Little is known of the early counts, but the first holder of the title is recor ...
and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137
Year 1137 ( MCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Emperor John II (Komnenos) leads a Byzantine expeditionary for ...
)
* Joscelin II, Count of Edessa
References
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