Year 1154 (Roman numerals, MCLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Levant

* April 18 – Nur ad-Din (died 1174), Nur al-Din, Seljuk ruler (''atabeg'') of Aleppo, encamps before Damascus and overthrows Mujir ad-Din Abaq, Mujir al-Din by force with support of the Jewish citizens, who open the eastern gate to the bulk of his army. Mujir flees to the citadel, but capitulates after only a few hours. He is offered his life and the Emirate of Homs. A few weeks later Mujir is suspected of plotting with old friends in Damascus and is exiled to Baghdad. Damascus is annexed to Zengid dynasty, Zangid territory and all of Syria is unified under the authority of Nur al-Din, from Edessa in the north to the Hauran to the south. * Nur al-Din establishes the Nur al-Din Bimaristan, Al-Nuri Hospital in Damascus. The hospital has outpatient consulting rooms, a conference room, prayer hall, vestibules and bathrooms.

Europe

* February 26 – King Roger II of Sicily, Roger II dies at Palermo after a 24-year reign. He is succeeded by his fourth son William I of Sicily, William I (the Bad) as ruler of Kingdom of Sicily, Sicily. William appoints Maio of Bari, a man of low birth, to chancellor and his adviser. He pursues his father's policy of strengthening authority over the towns and the Italian nobles, who rally around his cousin Robert III of Loritello, Robert III, count of Loritello, in County of Apulia and Calabria, Apulia and Calabria. * Autumn – King Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I (Barbarossa) leads an expedition into Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire), Italy for his imperial coronation. He wants to impose his will upon the towns and cities of Lombardy, a region long accustomed to interference from Kingdom of Germany, Germany. Frederick encounters stiff resistance to his authority, the Lombard nobles are unwilling to acknowledge his rule and the rights to raise taxes. * The Almohad Caliphate, Almohad army conquers the last independent Muslim stronghold at Emirate of Granada, Granada (modern Spain), after a six year siege. * The Banate of Bosnia becomes an autonomous duchy as part of the Lands of the Hungarian Crown. * Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is first marked on the world map by Muhammad al-Idrisi.

Africa

* Italo-Norman, Normans conduct a series of raids in North Africa, including Annaba (modern Algeria) and the Nile Delta.

England

* October 25 – King Stephen, King of England, Stephen dies after a short illness at Dover. He is succeeded by Henry of Anjou, the son of Queen Empress Matilda, Matilda. * December 19 – The 21-year-old Henry II of England, Henry II is crowned as sole ruler of Kingdom of England, England along with his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine. * The Bull Ring, Birmingham, Bull Ring, a commercial market centre, is founded by Peter de Bermingham at Birmingham.

By topic

Art and Culture

* January 15 – Muhammad al-Idrisi, Arab geographer and cartographer, completes his atlas of the world, the ''Tabula Rogeriana'', which will remain one of the most accurate maps until the Age of Discovery.

Religion

* December 3 – Pope Pope Anastasius IV, Anastasius IV dies after a 17-month pontificate. He is succeeded by Pope Adrian IV, Adrian IV (the only English pope in history) as the 169th pope of the Catholic Church.

Births

* November 2 – Constance I of Sicily, Constance I, queen of Kingdom of Sicily, Sicily (d. 1198) * November 11 – Sancho I of Portugal, Sancho I, king of Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal (d. 1211) * Agnes of Austria (1154–1182), Agnes of Austria, queen of Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301), Hungary (d. 1182) * Benoît de Sainte-Maure, French poet (d. 1173) * Kyŏng Tae-sŭng, Korean military leader (d. 1183) * Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese general (d. 1184) * Gökböri, Muzaffar al-Din Gökböri, Ayyubid general (d. 1233) * Robert II, Count of Dreux, Robert II, count of Dreux and Braine, Aisne, Braine (d. 1218) * Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Sohrevardi, Persian philosopher (d. 1191) * Vsevolod the Big Nest, Vsevolod III, Grand Prince of Principality of Kiev, Kiev (d. 1212)

Deaths

* February 2 – Viacheslav I of Kiev, Viacheslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1083) * February 20 – Wulfric of Haselbury, English Thaumaturgy, miracle worker * February 26 – Roger II of Sicily, Roger II, king of Sicily (b. 1095) * March 8 – Stephen of Obazine, French priest (b. 1085) *April 1 or April 15 – Al-Zafir, Fatimid caliph (b. 1133) * April 3 – Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, Fatimid vizier * June 8 – William of York, English archbishop * June 9 – Geoffrey of Canterbury, English abbot * July 20 – Bernard of Hildesheim, German bishop * July 21 – Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Greater Poland, Elizabeth of Hungary, Polish duchess * September 4 – Gilbert de la Porrée, French theologian * October 25 – Stephen, King of England, Stephen, king of Kingdom of England, England (b. 1096) * November 13 – Iziaslav II of Kiev, Iziaslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev * November 18 – Adelaide of Maurienne, French queen (b. 1092) * December 3 – Pope Anastasius IV, Anastasius IV, pope of the Catholic Church * December 12 – Vicelinus, German bishop (b. 1086) * Donnchad I, Earl of Fife, Donnchad I (or Duncan), Scottish Nobility, nobleman (b. 1113) * Ermengol VI, Count of Urgell, Ermengol IV (el de Castilla), count of County of Urgell, Urgell (b. 1096) * Faidiva of Toulouse, countess of Savoy (b. 1133) * Hiyya al-Daudi, Andalusian rabbi and composer * Honorius Augustodunensis, French theologian * Jinadattasuri, Indian Jainism, Jain poet and writer (b. 1075) * Lawrence of Durham, English prelate and poet * Lambert of Vence, Lambert of Bauduen, bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Vence, Vence (b. 1084) * Matilda of Anjou, duchess of Duchy of Normandy, Normandy (b. 1106) * Zhang Jun (general), Zhang Jun, Chinese general and official (b. 1086)

References

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