1157
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s – 1150s – 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1154 1155 1156 – 1157 – 1158 1159 1160 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1157 MCLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1910 |
| Armenian calendar | 606 ԹՎ ՈԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5907 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1078–1079 |
| Bengali calendar | 564 |
| Berber calendar | 2107 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 2 – 4 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1701 |
| Burmese calendar | 519 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6665–6666 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年 (Fire Rat) 3853 or 3793 — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3854 or 3794 |
| Coptic calendar | 873–874 |
| Discordian calendar | 2323 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1149–1150 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4917–4918 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1213–1214 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1078–1079 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4257–4258 |
| Holocene calendar | 11157 |
| Igbo calendar | 157–158 |
| Iranian calendar | 535–536 |
| Islamic calendar | 551–552 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōgen 2 (保元２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1063–1064 |
| Julian calendar | 1157 MCLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3490 |
| Minguo calendar | 755 before ROC 民前755年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −311 |
| Seleucid era | 1468/1469 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1699–1700 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1283 or 902 or 130 — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1284 or 903 or 131 |
1157 (MCLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1157th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 157th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1150s decade. As of the start of 1157, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Births
[change | change source]- September 8 – King Richard I of England (died 1199)
- Leopold V of Austria (died 1194)
- Hojo Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (died 1225)
Deaths
[change | change source]- 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)
- Eystein II of Norway, king of Norway, (b. c. 1125)
- Sweyn III of Denmark, king of Denmark (b. c. 1125)
Events
[change | change source]- June 11 Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), became the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave
- 23 October — Battle of Grathe Heath. A civil war in Denmark ended with the death of king Sweyn III. Valdemar I became king of all Denmark and restored and rebuild the country.