1156
* Prince
Yuriy Dolgorukiy fortifies
Moscow, regarded as the date of the founding of the city
* Establishment of the
Carmelite Order
*
Hogen Rebellion in
Japan*
January 20 - According to
legend, freeholder
Lalli slays
English crusader
Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake
Köyliönjärvi in
Finland.
* The
Privilegium Minus elevates
Austria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family. (see
History of Austria).
*
Mosan artists create the
Stavelot Triptych, a masterpiece of
goldsmithing, as a
reliquary to house purported pieces of the
True Cross.
*
October 27 - Count
Raymond VI of Toulouse (died
1222)
*
Matilda of England, daughter of
Henry II of England (d.
1189)
*
Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (died
1193)
*
January 17 -
André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
*
January 20 -
Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
*
July 20 -
Emperor Toba of Japan (born
1103)
*
December 25 -
Peter the Venerable, Benedictine abbot of Cluny
*
Hoel III, Duke of Brittany*
Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland (born
1088)
*
Demetre I, King of Georgia
*
Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln*
William, Count of Poitiers (born
1153)
*
Mas'ud of Rüm, Seljuk sultan of Rüm
*
Sverker I of Sweden*
Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Japanese general (born
1096)
