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阴土兔年. (female Earth- Rabbit) 1286 or 905 or 133. Year 1159 ( MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Minamoto no Yoshitsune (源 義経, c. 1159 – June 15, 1189) was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War , he led a series of battles that toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan , helping his half-brother Yoritomo consolidate power.
- Ushiwakamaru (牛若丸), c. 1159
- June 15, 1189 (aged 30), Battle of Koromo River
- 源 義経
- Minamoto
1159. 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.
Adrian IV (Latin: Hadrianus Quartus; c. 1100 – 1 September 1159), born Nicholas Breakspear or Breakspeare, was Pope from 1154 to 1159. Breakspear was an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 170th Pope. He is the only Englishman ever to have been Pope.
- 4 December 1154
- Pope Anastasius IV
- 1 September 1159
- Pope Alexander III
The Heiji rebellion (平治の乱, Heiji no ran, January 19 – February 5, 1160) [2] was a short civil war between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1160 fought in order to resolve a dispute about political power. [3] It was preceded by the Hōgen Rebellion in 1156. [4]
- January 19 – February 5, 1160
- Kyōto, Japan and surrounding areas
- Taira victory; Minamoto leaders banished
Events and trends. 1154 BC —Death of King Menelaus of Sparta (estimated date), thirty years after the traditional date for the Fall of Troy in the Homeric Trojan War. 1154 BC — Medinet Habu (temple): records a people called the P-r-s-t (conventionally Peleset) among those who fought with Egypt in Ramesses III 's reign.
Old St. Peter's Basilica, site of the 1159 conclave. The papal election held from 4 to 7 September 1159 following the death of Pope Adrian IV resulted in the election of two rival candidates. A majority of the cardinals elected Cardinal Rolando of Siena as Pope Alexander III, but a minority refused to recognize him and elected their own ...
