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1159

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 11th century12th century13th century
Decades: 1120s  1130s  1140s  – 1150s –  1160s  1170s  1180s
Years: 1156 1157 115811591160 1161 1162
1159 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1159
MCLIX
Ab urbe condita1912
Armenian calendar608
ԹՎ ՈԸ
Assyrian calendar5909
Balinese saka calendar1080–1081
Bengali calendar566
Berber calendar2109
English Regnal yearHen. 2 – 6 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar1703
Burmese calendar521
Byzantine calendar6667–6668
Chinese calendar戊寅(Earth Tiger)
3855 or 3795
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
3856 or 3796
Coptic calendar875–876
Discordian calendar2325
Ethiopian calendar1151–1152
Hebrew calendar4919–4920
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1215–1216
 - Shaka Samvat1080–1081
 - Kali Yuga4259–4260
Holocene calendar11159
Igbo calendar159–160
Iranian calendar537–538
Islamic calendar553–554
Japanese calendarHōgen 4 / Heiji 1
(平治元年)
Javanese calendar1065–1066
Julian calendar1159
MCLIX
Korean calendar3492
Minguo calendar753 before ROC
民前753年
Nanakshahi calendar−309
Seleucid era1470/1471 AG
Thai solar calendar1701–1702
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

1159 (MCLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1159th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 159th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 12th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1150s decade. As of the start of 1159, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.