1157
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 11th century · 12th century · 13th century |
Decades: | 1120s · 1130s · 1140s · 1150s · 1160s · 1170s · 1180s |
Years: | 1154 · 1155 · 1156 · 1157 · 1158 · 1159 · 1160 |
1157 by topic | |
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State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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Art and literature | |
1157 in poetry | |
Gregorian calendar | 1157 MCLVII |
Ab urbe condita | 1910 |
Armenian calendar | 606 ԹՎ ՈԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 5907 |
Bengali calendar | 564 |
Berber calendar | 2107 |
English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 2 – 4 Hen. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 1701 |
Burmese calendar | 519 |
Byzantine calendar | 6665–6666 |
Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3853 or 3793 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3854 or 3794 |
Coptic calendar | 873–874 |
Discordian calendar | 2323 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1149–1150 |
Hebrew calendar | 4917–4918 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1213–1214 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1078–1079 |
- Kali Yuga | 4257–4258 |
Holocene calendar | 11157 |
Igbo calendar | 157–158 |
Iranian calendar | 535–536 |
Islamic calendar | 551–552 |
Japanese calendar | Hōgen 2 (保元2年) |
Javanese calendar | 1063–1064 |
Julian calendar | 1157 MCLVII |
Korean calendar | 3490 |
Minguo calendar | 755 before ROC 民前755年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −311 |
Seleucid era | 1468/1469 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1699–1700 |
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Year 1157 (MCLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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 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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