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Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:C12 year in topicYear 1159 (MCLIX) 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Taira no Kiyomori leaves Kyōto on a personal pilgrimage, giving Fujiwara no Nobuyori and his Minamoto allies the perfect chance to stage an uprising.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Tunis is reconquered from the Normans, by the Almohad caliphs.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• (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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Births

• Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (d. 1189)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Deaths

• May 30 – Wladislaus II, the Exile of Poland (b. 1105)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• August 29 – Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 1 – Pope Adrian IV (b. c. 1100)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 11 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Joscelin II, Count of Edessa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>