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1159 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1159
MCLIX
Ab urbe condita 1912
Armenian calendar 608
ԹՎ ՈԸ
Assyrian calendar 5909
Balinese saka calendar 1080–1081
Bengali calendar 566
Berber calendar 2109
English Regnal year 5  Hen. 2   6  Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar 1703
Burmese calendar 521
Byzantine calendar 6667–6668
Chinese calendar 戊寅年 (Earth  Tiger)
3856 or 3649
     to 
己卯年 (Earth  Rabbit)
3857 or 3650
Coptic calendar 875–876
Discordian calendar 2325
Ethiopian calendar 1151–1152
Hebrew calendar 4919–4920
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1215–1216
 - Shaka Samvat 1080–1081
 - Kali Yuga 4259–4260
Holocene calendar 11159
Igbo calendar 159–160
Iranian calendar 537–538
Islamic calendar 553–554
Japanese calendar Hōgen 4 / Heiji 1
(平治元年)
Javanese calendar 1065–1066
Julian calendar 1159
MCLIX
Korean calendar 3492
Minguo calendar 753 before ROC
民前753年
Nanakshahi calendar −309
Seleucid era 1470/1471 AG
Thai solar calendar 1701–1702
Tibetan calendar 阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
1285 or 904 or 132
     to 
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
1286 or 905 or 133

Year 1159 ( MCLIX ) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1241</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1268</span> Calendar year

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minamoto no Yoshitomo</span> Samurai of the late Heian period; the head of the Minamoto clan

Minamoto no Yoshitomo was the head of the Minamoto clan and a general of the late Heian period of Japanese history. His son Minamoto no Yoritomo became shōgun and founded the Kamakura shogunate, the first shogunate in the history of Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Minamoto no Yoshitsune</span> 12th-century military commander in the Minamoto clan of feudal Japan

Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. During the Genpei War, he led a series of battles that toppled the Ise-Heishi branch of the Taira clan, helping his half-brother Yoritomo consolidate power. He is considered one of the greatest and the most popular warriors of his era, and one of the most famous samurai in the history of Japan. Yoshitsune perished after being betrayed by the son of a trusted ally and was labelled as a tragic hero.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Genpei War</span> Conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans of feudal Japan (1180–85)

The Genpei War was a national civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the late Heian period of Japan. It resulted in the downfall of the Taira and the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate under Minamoto no Yoritomo, who appointed himself as Shōgun in 1192, governing Japan as a military dictator from the eastern city of Kamakura.

<i>The Tale of the Heike</i> Japanese epic compiled prior to 1330

The Tale of the Heike is an epic account compiled prior to 1330 of the struggle between the Taira clan and Minamoto clan for control of Japan at the end of the 12th century in the Genpei War (1180–1185).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benkei</span> Japanese warrior monk (1155–1189)

Saitō Musashibō Benkei, popularly known by the mononym Benkei, was a Japanese warrior monk (sōhei) who lived in the latter years of the Heian Period (794–1185). Benkei led a varied life, first becoming a monk, then a mountain ascetic, and then a rogue warrior. He later came to respect and serve the famous warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune, also known as Ushiwakamaru. He is commonly depicted as a man of great strength and loyalty, and a popular subject of Japanese folklore showcased in many ancient and modern literature and productions.

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