1157
Year 1157 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.Events
- Nur ad-Din Zengi besieges the Knights Hospitaller in the crusader fortress of Banyas, routs a relief army led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem, and takes Grand Master Bertrand de Blanquefort prisoner.
Births
- September 8 – King Richard I of England
- Alexander Neckham, English scholar, teacher, theologian and abbot of Cirencester Abbey
- Leopold V of Austria, Duke of Austria from 1177 and Duke of Styria from 1192 until his death
- Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary, Queen of England by marriage to Henry the Young King and queen of Hungary and Croatia by marriage to Béla III of Hungary
Deaths
- January 24 or January 25 – Agnes of Babenberg, Politically active High Duchess consort of Poland
- May 8 – Ahmed Sanjar, Great Seljuk Sultan
- May 15 – Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
- August 21 – King Alfonso VII of Castile
- October 23 – King Sweyn III of Denmark
- date unknown – King Eystein II of Norway
In Music
- 1157 , a live album by Australian band Stars, released in 1980.
