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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s
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| Years: | 1151 1152 1153 - 1154 - 1155 1156 1157 |
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[edit] Events
- King Stephen of England dies at Dover, and is succeeded by his adopted son Henry Plantagenet, who becomes King Henry II of England, aged 21.
- Sweden's King Eric introduces Christianity to Finland (see History of Finland).
- December 4 — Pope Adrian IV (also known as Hadrian IV) succeeds Pope Anastasius IV as the 169th pope. Born Nicholas Breakspear, he is the only English pope in history.
- A chateau is built at Chinon by Theobald I, count of Blois.
- William I becomes king of Sicily.
- Nur ad-Din gains control of Damascus, uniting Syria under one ruler.
- Muhammad al-Idrisi completes his atlas of the world, which will remain one of the most accurate maps until the Age of Discovery.
- Birmingham, England, and the Birmingham Bull Ring are founded.
- Bosnia becomes an autonomous duchy.
- Belgrade is rebuilt by Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
- Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, was firstly marked on the world map by Al Idrisi.
- King Valdemar the Great of Denmark is crowned.
[edit] Births
- November 11 — King Sancho I of Portugal (d. 1212)
- Benoît de Sainte-Maure, French poet and troubadour (d. 1173)
- Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI (d. 1198)
- Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shogun (d. 1184
- Sune Sik Sverkersson, prince of Sweden
- Vsevolod the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Vladimir (d. 1212)
[edit] Deaths
- February 20 — Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett (b. c. 1080)
- February 26 — King Roger II of Sicily (b. 1093)
- August 16 — King Ramiro II of Aragon (b. c. 1075)
- October 25 — King Stephen of England (b. 1096)
- November 18 — Adélaide de Maurienne, queen of Louis VI of France (b. 1092)
- December 3 — Pope Anastasius IV
- Iziaslav II of Kiev, Prince of Vladimir and Volyn, (b. c. 1097, reigned 1134—1142)
- Vyacheslav of Kiev, prince of Smolensk (b. 1083, reigned 1113–1125)
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[edit] People of the year 1154 at Familypedia
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