1153
| Years: 1150 1151 1152 - 1153 - 1154 1155 1156 | |
| Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s | |
| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century | |
| 1153 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1153 MCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1906 |
| Armenian calendar | 602 ԹՎ ՈԲ |
| Chinese calendar | 3789/3849-12-5 (壬申年十二月初五日) — to — 3790/3850-12-15(癸酉年十二月十五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1145 – 1146 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4913 – 4914 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1208 – 1209 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1075 – 1076 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4254 – 4255 |
| Iranian calendar | 531 – 532 |
| Islamic calendar | 548 – 549 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1696 |
Contents |
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 166th pope.
- 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.
- Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
- Taira no Kiyomori assumes control of the Taira clan.
- First mention of Oberglatt 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 (died 1156)
- Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (died 1224)
- William II, King of Sicily (died 1189)
Deaths
- May 24 - King David I of Scotland (born 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
- August 21 - Bernard of Clairvaux, French churchman (born 1090)
- December 16 - Ranulph de Gernon, 2nd Earl of Chester[1]
- Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford (born 1115)
- Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and historian (born 1083)
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