1155

Year 1155 (MCLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1155 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1155
MCLV
Ab urbe condita1908
Armenian calendar604
ԹՎ ՈԴ
Assyrian calendar5905
Balinese saka calendar1076–1077
Bengali calendar562
Berber calendar2105
English Regnal year1 Hen. 2  2 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar1699
Burmese calendar517
Byzantine calendar6663–6664
Chinese calendar甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
3851 or 3791
     to 
乙亥年 (Wood Pig)
3852 or 3792
Coptic calendar871–872
Discordian calendar2321
Ethiopian calendar1147–1148
Hebrew calendar4915–4916
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1211–1212
 - Shaka Samvat1076–1077
 - Kali Yuga4255–4256
Holocene calendar11155
Igbo calendar155–156
Iranian calendar533–534
Islamic calendar549–550
Japanese calendarKyūju 2
(久寿2年)
Javanese calendar1061–1062
Julian calendar1155
MCLV
Korean calendar3488
Minguo calendar757 before ROC
民前757年
Nanakshahi calendar−313
Seleucid era1466/1467 AG
Thai solar calendar1697–1698
Tibetan calendar阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1281 or 900 or 128
     to 
阴木猪年
(female Wood-Pig)
1282 or 901 or 129
Emperor Frederick I (middle) flanked by his two sons, Henry VI and Frederick VI.

Events

Europe

  • Siege of Tortona: German forces capture the citadel of Tortona (after a two-month siege). The city is razed to the ground, including the graves.
  • June 18 King Frederick I (Barbarossa) is crowned as Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Adrian IV at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
  • Arnold of Brescia is exiled by Adrian IV and forced to flee. He is arrested by imperial forces; hanged and his body burned at the stake in Rome.
  • The city of Bari rebels against King William I (the Bad) of Sicily and recognizes the Byzantine emperor, Manuel I (Komnenos), as its overlord.[1]
  • The Virgin of Vladimir (or Our Lady of Vladimir) is taken by Grand Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky to Vladimir from Suzdal.

England

  • Spring King Henry II has the Palace of Westminster (which is badly damaged by Stephen's supporters during The Anarchy) repaired. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, is given the task of repairing the buildings.
  • Henry II subdues the English nobles who have become too powerful during the civil war. He takes Bridgnorth Castle and Scarborough Castle.
  • Henry II grants the city of Bristol (or Brycgstow) a Royal charter, and is divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset (until 1373).
  • New Year's Day is changed from January 1 to March 25.[2]

Asia

  • August 22 The 16-year-old Emperor Konoe dies after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Go-Shirakawa as the 77th emperor of Japan.
  • Jaisalmer Fort, located in the Indian state Rajasthan, is constructed by the Rajput ruler Rawal Jaisal (approximate date).

Religion

  • A plan to conquer Ireland is approved by Adrian IV in a Papal Bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope) called Laudabiliter. It gives Henry II lordship over Ireland, but the Irish kings resist English rule.
  • Summer Robert of Chichester becomes bishop of Exeter (until 1160).

Births

  • February 28 Henry the Young King, son of Henry II (d. 1183)
  • May 17 Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)
  • November 11 Alfonso VIII, king of Castile (d. 1214)
  • Abu Muhammad Salih, Almohad Sufi leader (d. 1234)
  • Benkei, Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) (d. 1189)
  • Bernard d'Armagnac, French nobleman (d. 1202)
  • Fujiwara no Ariie, Japanese nobleman (d. 1216)
  • Fujiwara no Yasuhira, Japanese nobleman (d. 1189)
  • Geoffrey de Saye, English nobleman (d. 1230)
  • Kamo no Chōmei, Japanese waka poet (d. 1216)
  • Maud de Braose, English noblewoman (d. 1210)
  • Ottokar I, duke of Bohemia (approximate date)
  • Sicard of Cremona, Italian prelate (d. 1215)
  • Taira no Tokuko, Japanese empress (d. 1214)

Deaths

  • June 4 Baldwin de Redvers, English nobleman
  • June 10 Sigurd II, king of Norway (b. 1133)
  • June 11 Kenkai, Japanese Buddhist monk (b. 1107)
  • August 22 Konoe, emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
  • November 18 Qin Hui, Chinese politician (b. 1090)
  • Arnold of Brescia, Italian priest and rebel (b. 1090)
  • Fujiwara no Akisuke, Japanese nobleman (b. 1090)
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth, English historian (b. 1095)
  • Li Qingzhao, Chinese poet and writer (b. 1084)
  • Minamoto no Yoshikuni, Japanese samurai (b. 1082)
  • William de Mohun, English nobleman (b. 1090)

References

  1. Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-415-93930-0.
  2. Catholic Encyclopedia, General Chronology (Beginning of the Year).
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