Editing 1159 (section)

== Births ==
* [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]], Japanese general (d. [[1189]])<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXbeAwAAQBAJ&q=1159+Minamoto+no+Yoshitsune&pg=PA162|title=The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essays: Zuihitsu from the Tenth to the Twenty-First Century|last=Carter|first=Steven D.|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2014|isbn=9780231537551|location=New York|pages=162|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RX52MsrFdl4C&q=1159+Minamoto+no+Yoshitsune&pg=PA32|title=A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower|last=Henshall|first=K.|publisher=Springer|year=2012|isbn=9780230369184|location=London and New York|pages=32|language=en|orig-year=1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Miyawaki–okada|first=Junko|date=1 January 2006|title=The Japanese Origin of the Chinggis Khan Legends|journal=Inner Asia|language=en|volume=8|issue=1|pages=123–34|doi=10.1163/146481706793646819|issn=2210-5018|quote=Minamoto no Yoshitsune, or Gen Gikei as his name is in Sino-Japanese pronunciation, was born in 1159 as a half brother of Minamoto no Yoritomo}}</ref>