1159
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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 | |
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| 1159 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1159 MCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1912 |
| Armenian calendar | 608 ԹՎ ՈԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5909 |
| Bengali calendar | 566 |
| Berber calendar | 2109 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Hen. 2 – 6 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1703 |
| Burmese calendar | 521 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6667–6668 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3855 or 3795 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3856 or 3796 |
| Coptic calendar | 875–876 |
| Discordian calendar | 2325 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1151–1152 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4919–4920 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1215–1216 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1081–1082 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4260–4261 |
| Holocene calendar | 11159 |
| Igbo calendar | 159–160 |
| Iranian calendar | 537–538 |
| Islamic calendar | 553–554 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōgen 4 / Heiji 1 (平治元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1159 MCLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3492 |
| Minguo calendar | 753 before ROC 民前753年 |
| Seleucid era | 1470/1471 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1701–1702 |
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Year 1159 (MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- In the Roman Catholic Church, cardinals are given the right to elect the Pope. Prior to this, the pope has been 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.
- Approximate date - Churchman Richard FitzNeal is appointed Lord High Treasurer 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)
Deaths
- May 30 – Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)
- August 29 – Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)
- September 1 – Pope Adrian IV (b. c. 1100)
- October 11 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
- Joscelin II, Count of Edessa
References
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