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Year 1159 (MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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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 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)

    • 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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