1156
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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1153 1154 1155 - 1156 - 1157 1158 1159 |
| 1156 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1156 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1156 MCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1909 |
| Armenian calendar | 605 ԹՎ ՈԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -688 – -687 |
| Berber calendar | 2106 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1700 |
| Burmese calendar | 518 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6664 – 6665 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年十二月初七日 (3792/3852-12-7) — to —
丙子年十一月十七日(3793/3853-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 872 – 873 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1148 – 1149 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4916 – 4917 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1211 – 1212 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1078 – 1079 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4257 – 4258 |
| Holocene calendar | 11156 |
| Iranian calendar | 534 – 535 |
| Islamic calendar | 550 – 551 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3489 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1699 |
[edit] Events
- January 20 — According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
- Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy founds and fortifies Moscow.
- The Carmelite Order is established.
- The Hōgen Rebellion erupts in Japan.
- The Privilegium Minus elevates Austria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family.
- Mosan artists create the Stavelot Triptych, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, as a reliquary to house purported pieces of the True Cross.
- A rebellion breaks out against William II of Sicily, and the Byzantine Empire, encouraged by Pope Hadrian, invades Apulia. William II crushes the rebellion, defeats the Byzantine armies at Brindisi, and humbles the Pope at Benevento.
- Reginald of Chatillon sacks Cyprus.
[edit] Births
- October 27 — Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
- Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (d. 1189)
- Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (d. 1193)
[edit] Deaths
- January 17 — André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- January 20 — Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
- July 20 — Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)
- December 25 — Peter the Venerable, Benedictine abbot of Cluny
- December 25 — King Sverker I of Sweden
- Hoel III, Duke of Brittany
- Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland (b. 1088)
- King Demetre I of Georgia
- Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln
- William, Count of Poitiers (b. 1153)
- Mas'ud of Rüm, Seljuk sultan of Rûm
- Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Japanese general (b. 1096)
