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Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

References

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.

★ 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 (d. 1156)

★ Cathal Crobdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (d. 1224)

★ 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 Chester^[1] (b. c. 1100)

★ Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford (b. 1115)

★ Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and historian (b. 1083)

References

1. http://www.thepeerage.com/p407.htm