- 1156
Events
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January 20 — According tolegend , freeholderLalli slays English crusaderBishop Henry with an axe on the ice of lakeKöyliönjärvi inFinland .
* PrinceYuriy Dolgorukiy founds and fortifiesMoscow .
* TheCarmelite Order is established.
* TheHōgen Rebellion erupts inJapan .
* The "Privilegium Minus " elevatesAustria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family.
*Mosan art ists create theStavelot Triptych , a masterpiece ofgoldsmith ing, as areliquary to house purported pieces of theTrue Cross .
* A rebellion breaks out againstWilliam II of Sicily , and theByzantine Empire , encouraged byPope Hadrian , invadesApulia . William II crushes the rebellion, defeats the Byzantine armies atBrindisi , and humbles the Pope atBenevento .
*Reginald of Chatillon sacksCyprus .Births
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October 27 — CountRaymond VI of Toulouse (d.1222 )
*Matilda of England , daughter ofHenry II of England (d.1189 )
*Minamoto no Noriyori , Japanese general (d.1193 )Deaths
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January 17 —André de Montbard , fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
*January 20 —Bishop Henry , patron saint ofFinland
*July 20 —Emperor Toba of Japan (b.1103 )
*December 25 —Peter the Venerable ,Benedictine abbot of Cluny
*December 25 — KingSverker I of Sweden
*Hoel III, Duke of Brittany
*Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair ,High King of Ireland (b.1088 )
* KingDemetre I of Georgia
*Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln
*William, Count of Poitiers (b.1153 )
*Mas'ud of Rüm ,Seljuk sultan of Rûm
*Minamoto no Tameyoshi ,Japan ese general (b.1096 )
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