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

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.