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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1150 1151 1152 - 1153 - 1154 1155 1156 |
| 1153 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1153 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1153 MCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1906 |
| Armenian calendar | 602 ԹՎ ՈԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -691 – -690 |
| Berber calendar | 2103 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1697 |
| Burmese calendar | 515 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6661 – 6662 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年十二月初五日 (3789/3849-12-5) — to —
癸酉年十二月十五日(3790/3850-12-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 869 – 870 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1145 – 1146 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4913 – 4914 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1208 – 1209 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1075 – 1076 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4254 – 4255 |
| Holocene calendar | 11153 |
| Iranian calendar | 531 – 532 |
| Islamic calendar | 547 – 548 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3486 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1696 |
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Events
- January 6 — Henry of Anjou arrives in England.
- May 24 — Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
- July 12 — Pope Anastasius IV succeeds Pope Eugene III as the 168th pope.
- August 19 - Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
- November 6 — Treaty of Winchester (also known as Treaty of Wallingford): Theobald of Bec reconciles Stephen of England and Matilda, ending "The Anarchy" and allowing Matilda's son Henry of Anjou to succeed as king (in 1154).
- The Angevin dynasty takes control of Gascony and Guyenne.
- Andronicus Comnenus is imprisoned for conspiring against Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
- Raynald of Chatillon marries Constance of Antioch and becomes Prince of Antioch.
- Taira no Kiyomori assumes control of the Taira clan.
- The city of Oberglatt (present-day Switzerland) is first mentioned in written literature.
- Estimation: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Merv in the Seljuk Empire.[1]
- Islam is introduced to the Maldives.
Births
- August 17 — William, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)
- Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (d. 1224)
- Kamo no Chōmei
- William II, King of Sicily (d. 1189)
Deaths
- May 24 — King David I of Scotland (b. 1084)
- July 8 — Pope Eugene III
- August 16 — Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (at the Siege of Ascalon)
- August 17 — Eustace IV of Boulogne, son of Stephen of England (b. c. 1130)
- August 21 — Bernard of Clairvaux, French churchman (b. 1090)
- December 16 — Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester1 (b. c. 1100)
- Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford (b. 1115)
- Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and historian (b. 1083)
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