1158
EventsJanuary 11 - Vladislav II becomes King of BohemiaEnd 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.November 29 - Eleanor of Aquitaine arrives in Salisbury, Wiltshire on royal business.Emperor Nijo ascends to the throne of Japan.British Pound Sterling (currency) introducedMargrave Ottokar III of Styria inherited the County of Pitten
BirthsSeptember 23 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany
Deaths
Heads of states England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189). France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180).
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