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1159
Year
1159
was a
common year starting on Thursday
of the
Julian calendar
.
Events
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.
: 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
Deaths
May 30
-
Wladislaus II, the Exile of Poland
August 29
-
Bertha of Sulzbach
,
Byzantine Empress
September 1
-
Pope Adrian
IV
October 11
-
William of Blois
,
Count of Boulogne
and
Earl of Surrey
Joscelin II, Count of Edessa