1158
Years:
1155 1156 1157 - 1158 - 1159 1160 1161Decades:
1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180sCenturies:
11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Events
- January 11 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia
- End of the formal reign of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Emperor of Japan, also the beginning of his Cloistered rule, which will last to his death in 1192.
- November 29 - Eleanor of Aquitaine arrives in Salisbury, Wiltshire on royal business.
- Emperor Nijō ascends to the throne of Japan.
- British Pound sterling (Currency) introduced
- Margrave Ottokar III of Styria inherited the County of Pitten
Births
- September 23 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (died 1186)
- Marguerite of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (died 1197)
- Taira no Shigehira, son of Taira no Kiyomori (died 1185)
Deaths
- August 30 - King Sancho III of Castile (born 1134)
- Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (born c. 1114)