1157
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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1154 1155 1156 - 1157 - 1158 1159 1160 |
| 1157 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1157 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1157 MCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1910 |
| Armenian calendar | 606 ԹՎ ՈԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -687 – -686 |
| Berber calendar | 2107 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1701 |
| Burmese calendar | 519 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6665 – 6666 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年十一月十八日 (3793/3853-11-18) — to —
丁丑年十一月廿八日(3794/3854-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 873 – 874 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1149 – 1150 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4917 – 4918 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1212 – 1213 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1079 – 1080 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4258 – 4259 |
| Holocene calendar | 11157 |
| Iranian calendar | 535 – 536 |
| Islamic calendar | 551 – 552 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3490 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1700 |
[edit] Events
- January 12–March 16 - Caliph Al-Muqtafi Successfully defended Baghdad against the coalition forces of Sultan Muhammad of Hamadan,and Atabeg Qutb-adin of Mosul
- Albert I of Brandenburg begins his ruthless program to pacify the Slavic region.
- June 11 - Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.
- August 21 - Sancho III and Ferdinand II, the sons of King Alfonso VII of Castile, divide his kingdom between them upon his death.
- October 23 — Battle of Grathe Heath: A civil war in Denmark ends with the death of King Sweyn III. Valdemar I of Denmark becomes king of all Denmark and restores and rebuilds the country.
- Henry II of England grants a charter to the merchants of Lincoln (approximate date).
[edit] Births
- September 8 — King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
- Leopold V of Austria (d. 1194)
- Hōjō Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (d. 1225)
[edit] Deaths
- May 15 — Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince (b. c. 1099)
- August 21 — King Alfonso VII of Castile (b. 1105)
- Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria (b. 1111)
- King Eystein II of Norway (b. c. 1125)
- King Sweyn III of Denmark (b. c. 1125)
