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The Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa makes the margravate of Austria a duchy after 180 years of rule by the Babenberg family and gives it special privileges (see 1246). He makes Bohemia a hereditary kingdom.
William of Sicily destroys the Byzantine fleet May 28 at Brindisi and recovers Bari from Greek barons who have been encouraged by Pope Adrian IV to revolt. William and Adrian come to terms at Benevento June 18, and William is confirmed as king.
The Venetian doge Domenico Morosini dies after an 8-year reign in which he has consolidated Venice's power and extended it to Istria, Dalmatia, and the Adriatic. His family gained prominence in the 10th century when it destroyed the rival Caloprino family for planning to surrender the city to the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II.
The Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa is married June 9 at Würzburg to Beatrix, daughter of the late count of Upper Burgundy, Renaud III, and adds Upper Burgundy (Franche Comte) to his domain.
The former Swedish king Sverker I Kolsson is murdered at Alvastre, Smäland, December 25 at age 61.
The former Japanese emperor Toba dies at age 53 in the midst of a struggle over the succession in what will be called the Hogen Disturbance (see 1155). His son Sutoku, who reigned from 1123 to 1141, obtains help from Tameyoshi Minamoto, now 62, and Tadamasa Taira, and they rise in July against Sotoku's half brother, the new emperor Goshirakawa, 28, who is in turn supported by Minamoto's son Yoshitomo Minamoto and Taira's nephew Kiyomori Taira, now 38. Yoshitomo Minamoto is ordered to execute his father, Tameyoshi, but refuses; another Minamoto officer performs the act August 17 rather than allow a Taira to do it, and Yoshitomo is exiled to the island of Izo-no-Oshima, south of Edo. Sutoku fails in his attempt to take over and is exiled to Sanuko on the island of Shikoku in the Inland Sea, Goshirakawa remains as emperor, and the Taira clan consolidates its power (see 1158).
The first foreign-exchange contracts are issued, permitting repayment in Byzantine bezants of debts made in Genoese pounds.
The grand prince of Kiev Yuri Dolgoruky erects Moscow's first wooden kremlin and adds a church within the settlement (see 1147).
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In the year 1156
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Henricus Aristippus translates Aristotle's Meteora (a.k.a. Meteorologica) from Greek into Latin. See also 910 Communication.
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This article is about the year 1156.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s – 1150s – 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1153 1154 1155 – 1156 – 1157 1158 1159 |
| 1156 by topic | |
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| 1156 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1156 MCLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1909 |
| Armenian calendar | 605 ԹՎ ՈԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5906 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -688–-687 |
| Bengali calendar | 563 |
| Berber calendar | 2106 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Hen. 2 – 3 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1700 |
| Burmese calendar | 518 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6664–6665 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙亥年十二月初七日 (3792/3852-12-7) — to —
丙子年十一月十七日(3793/3853-11-17) |
| Coptic calendar | 872–873 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1148–1149 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4916–4917 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1212–1213 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1078–1079 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4257–4258 |
| Holocene calendar | 11156 |
| Iranian calendar | 534–535 |
| Islamic calendar | 550–551 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1156 MCLVI |
| Korean calendar | 3489 |
| Minguo calendar | 756 before ROC 民前756年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1699 |
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Year 1156 (MCLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
Asia
- The Hōgen Rebellion erupts in Japan.
Europe
- January 20 – According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
- December 25 – King Sverker the Elder is murdered on his way to church and is soon succeeded as king of Sweden by his rival Eric Jedvardsson.
- Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy founds and fortifies Moscow.
- The Privilegium Minus elevates Austria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family.
- Mosan artists create the Stavelot Triptych, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, as a reliquary to house purported pieces of the True Cross.
- A rebellion breaks out against William II of Sicily, and the Byzantine Empire, encouraged by Pope Adrian IV, invades Apulia. William II crushes the rebellion, defeats the Byzantine armies at Brindisi, and humbles the Pope at Benevento. The city of Bari is laid to waste for the coming ten years.[2]
- Reginald of Chatillon sacks Cyprus.
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Religion
- The Carmelite Order is established.
Births
- October 27 – Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
- Matilda of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England (d. 1189)
- Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (d. 1193)
Deaths
- January 17 – André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- January 20 – Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
- April – William IX, Count of Poitiers (b. 1153)
- July 20 – Emperor Toba of Japan (b. 1103)
- December 25
- Peter the Venerable, Benedictine abbot of Cluny
- Sverker the Elder, king of Sweden since 1130 (murdered on his way to church)
- date unknown
References
- ^ Bresc, Henri (2003). La Sicile et l'espace libyen au Moyen Age. http://www.storiamediterranea.it/public/md1_dir/b1462.pdf. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2010). Medieval Italy: an encyclopedia. New York: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 0-415-93930-5. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1piMMqjAf1MC&dq=gran+tavola+bonsignori&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
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