1158

Years: 1155 1156 1157 - 1158 - 1159 1160 1161
Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s
Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Heads of states

January 11 - Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia
End of the formal reign of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan, also the beginning of his cloistered rule, which will last to his death in 1192.
Emperor Nijo ascends to the throne of Japan.
British Pound Sterling (currency) introduced