1159 CE
Pope Alexander III succeeds Pope Adrian IV, as the 170th pope. (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. Taira no Kiyomori leaves Kyōto on a personal pilgrimage, giving Fujiwara no Nobuyori and his Minamoto allies the perfect chance to stage an uprising.
In the 1150s, the 12th century.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- (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.source
Conflict & Security
- Taira no Kiyomori leaves Kyōto on a personal pilgrimage, giving Fujiwara no Nobuyori and his Minamoto allies the perfect chance to stage an uprising.source
Religion & Belief
- September 7 – Pope Alexander III succeeds Pope Adrian IV, as the 170th pope.source
- Tunis is reconquered from the Normans, by the Almohad caliphs.source
Births
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (died 1189)source
Deaths
- May 30 – Wladislaus II, the Exile of Poland (born 1105)source
- August 29 – Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (born 1110s)source
- September 1 – Pope Adrian IV (born c. 1100)source
- October 11 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (born c. 1137)source
- Aed mac Donnchada (Gilla na Findmona), King of Uí FailgheIrelandsource