1159

Events

• September 7 – Pope Alexander III succeeds Pope Adrian IV, as the 170th pope.
• Taira no Kiyomori leaves Kyōto on a personal pilgrimage, giving Fujiwara no Nobuyori and his Minamoto allies the perfect chance to stage an uprising.
• 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

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