1159

1159 (MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1159th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 159th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 12th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1150s decade. As of the start of 1159, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1120s  1130s  1140s  – 1150s –  1160s  1170s  1180s
Years:	1156 1157 1158 – 1159 – 1160 1161 1162

1159 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1159 MCLIX
Ab urbe condita	1912
Armenian calendar	608 ԹՎ ՈԸ
Assyrian calendar	5909
Balinese saka calendar	1080–1081
Bengali calendar	566
Berber calendar	2109
English Regnal year	5 Hen. 2 – 6 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1703
Burmese calendar	521
Byzantine calendar	6667–6668
Chinese calendar	戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3855 or 3795     — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 3856 or 3796
Coptic calendar	875–876
Discordian calendar	2325
Ethiopian calendar	1151–1152
Hebrew calendar	4919–4920
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1215–1216
- Shaka Samvat	1080–1081
- Kali Yuga	4259–4260
Holocene calendar	11159
Igbo calendar	159–160
Iranian calendar	537–538
Islamic calendar	553–554
Japanese calendar	Hōgen 4 / Heiji 1 (平治元年)
Javanese calendar	1065–1066
Julian calendar	1159 MCLIX
Korean calendar	3492
Minguo calendar	753 before ROC 民前753年
Nanakshahi calendar	−309
Seleucid era	1470/1471 AG
Thai solar calendar	1701–1702
Tibetan calendar	阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1285 or 904 or 132     — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1286 or 905 or 133

Events

• In the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinals are given the right of election of the Pope. Prior to this, the pope was selected by election by the clergy and congregation of the church.
• Heiji Rebellion in Japan
• Tunis is conquered by the Almohad caliphs.
• Marie of Boulogne becomes the Countess of Boulogne

Deaths

• September 1: Pope Adrian IV dies.