1158
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s – 1150s – 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1155 1156 1157 – 1158 – 1159 1160 1161 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1158 MCLVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1911 |
| Armenian calendar | 607 ԹՎ ՈԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5908 |
| Bengali calendar | 565 |
| Berber calendar | 2108 |
| English Regnal year | 4 Hen. 2 – 5 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1702 |
| Burmese calendar | 520 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6666–6667 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 3854 or 3794 — to — 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 3855 or 3795 |
| Coptic calendar | 874–875 |
| Discordian calendar | 2324 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1150–1151 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4918–4919 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1214–1215 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1080–1081 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4259–4260 |
| Holocene calendar | 11158 |
| Igbo calendar | 158–159 |
| Iranian calendar | 536–537 |
| Islamic calendar | 552–553 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōgen 3 (保元３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1158 MCLVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3491 |
| Minguo calendar | 754 before ROC 民前754年 |
| Seleucid era | 1469/1470 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1700–1701 |
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Year 1158 (MCLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Emperor Nijō formally succeeds Emperor Go-Shirakawa on the throne of Japan; Go-Shirikawa continues a cloistered rule until his death in 1192.
Europe
- January 11 – Vladislav II becomes king of Bohemia.
- November 29 – Eleanor of Aquitaine arrives in Salisbury, Wiltshire on royal business.
- The Diet of Roncaglia is convoked by Frederick Barbarossa.
- The newborn Margaret of France is shipped to England as the future wife of the three-year-old Henry the Young King. The Vexin region is promised as her dowry & is put under the care of the Knights Templar until her future husband is old enough to take control of it.[1]
- Margrave Ottokar III of Styria inherits the County of Pitten.
- The Portuguese conquer Palmela, Alcácer do Sal and Sesimbra from the diminished Almoravids.[2]
- Spain: Raymundo, abbot of the Fitero Abbey (Navarra), pledges to defend the fortress of Calatrava from incoming Muslim raiders. It is the founding moment of the Order of Calatrava, the spearhead of the Iberian armies during the Reconquista.[3]
By topic
Economy
- British Pound Sterling (currency) is introduced.
Education
- The University of Bologna is granted its first privileges by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa.
Religion
- The Diocese of Derry is founded in Ireland.
Births
- September 23 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
- Marguerite of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1197)
- Taira no Shigehira, son of Taira no Kiyomori (d. 1185)
Deaths
- July 27 – Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (b. 1134)
- August 20 – Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (b. 1100), Earl of Orkney and Saint
- August 30 – King Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
- September 22 – Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (b. c. 1114)
