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Year 1157 (MCLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • January 12–March 16 – Caliph Al-Muqtafi successfully defended Baghdad against the coalition forces of Sultan Muhammad of Hamadan, and Atabeg Qutb-adin of Mosul.
  • Albert I of Brandenburg begins his ruthless program to pacify the Slavic region.
  • June 11 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.
  • August 21 – Sancho III and Ferdinand II, the sons of King Alfonso VII of Castile, divide his kingdom between them upon his death.
  • October 23 – Battle of Grathe Heath: A civil war in Denmark ends with the death of King Sweyn III. Valdemar I of Denmark becomes king of all Denmark and restores and rebuilds the country.
  • Henry II of England grants a charter to the merchants of Lincoln (approximate date).
  • Henry II of England invades Wales and is defeated at the Battle of Ewloe by Owain Gwynedd.
  • Nur ad-Din Zengi besieged the Knights Hospitaller in the crusader fortress of Banyas, routed a relief army led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem, and took Grand Master Bertrand de Blanquefort prisoner.

    • Births

  • September 8 – King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
  • Alexander Neckham (d. 1217)
  • Leopold V of Austria (d. 1194)

    • Deaths

  • January 24 or January 25 – Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1111)
  • May 8 – Ahmed Sanjar, Great Seljuk Sultan (b. 1084 or 1086)
  • May 15 – Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince (b. c. 1099)
  • August 21 – King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1105)
  • October 23 – King Sweyn III of Denmark (b. c. 1125) (in battle)
  • date unknown – King Eystein II of Norway (b. c. 1125)

    • References

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