| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s – 1150s – 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1156 1157 1158 – 1159 – 1160 1161 1162 |
| 1159 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1159 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1159 MCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1912 |
| Armenian calendar | 608 ԹՎ ՈԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -685 – -684 |
| Bengali calendar | 566 |
| Berber calendar | 2109 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1703 |
| Burmese calendar | 521 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6667 – 6668 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊寅年十二月初十日 (3795/3855-12-10) — to —
己卯年十一月二十日(3796/3856-11-20) |
| Coptic calendar | 875 – 876 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1151 – 1152 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4919 – 4920 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Bikram Samwat | 1215 – 1216 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1081 – 1082 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4260 – 4261 |
| Holocene calendar | 11159 |
| Iranian calendar | 537 – 538 |
| Islamic calendar | 553 – 554 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3492 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1702 |