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

1157 Media

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  Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Tomoe Gozen gripping a palace pillar.

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

• 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

• 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

• 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.