Events during the year 1158 in Italy.
Events In June 1158, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa set out upon his second Italian expedition. During this expedition: The Diet of Roncaglia near Piacenza was first convoked by Frederick Barbarossa.S. Claramunt Dietas Imperiales de Roncalia The University of Bologna, the oldest continually operating university in the world, was granted its first privileges by the Emperor.Riché, Pierre (1978): "Education and Culture in the Barbarian West: From the Sixth through the Eighth Century", Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, , pp. 126-7, 282-98
Deaths
Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (1134–1158)
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