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| 1153 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1153 MCLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1906 |
| Armenian calendar | 602 ԹՎ ՈԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5903 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1074–1075 |
| Bengali calendar | 560 |
| Berber calendar | 2103 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Ste. 1 – 19 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1697 |
| Burmese calendar | 515 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6661–6662 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 3850 or 3643 — to — 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 3851 or 3644 |
| Coptic calendar | 869–870 |
| Discordian calendar | 2319 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1145–1146 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4913–4914 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1209–1210 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1074–1075 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4253–4254 |
| Holocene calendar | 11153 |
| Igbo calendar | 153–154 |
| Iranian calendar | 531–532 |
| Islamic calendar | 547–548 |
| Japanese calendar | Ninpei 3 (仁平３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1059–1060 |
| Julian calendar | 1153 MCLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3486 |
| Minguo calendar | 759 before ROC 民前759年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −315 |
| Seleucid era | 1464/1465 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1695–1696 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1279 or 898 or 126 — to — 阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1280 or 899 or 127 |
Year 1153 (MCLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Africa
- With the support of Muslim troops, the Normans suppress a rebellion on the Sicilian-controlled island of Djerba,[1] and invade the island of Kerkenna.
Asia
- Taira no Kiyomori assumes control of the Taira Clan.
- Islam is introduced to the Maldives.
Middle East
- August 19 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
- Andronikos I Komnenos is imprisoned for conspiring against Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
- Raynald of Châtillon marries Constance of Antioch, and becomes Prince of Antioch.
Europe
- January 6 – Henry of Anjou arrives in England, hoping to dethrone the reigning monarch, Stephen of England, and replace him with Henry's mother, Empress Matilda.
- May 24 – Malcolm IV succeeds his grandfather as King of Scotland at the age of 12, and on May 27 is crowned at Scone Priory.
- November 6 – The Treaty of Wallingford, under the direction of Theobald of Bec, reconciles Stephen of England and Matilda, ending "The Anarchy" which has occurred during their fight for the throne of England. The treaty grants the throne to Stephen for the duration of his life, but makes Matilda's son, Henry of Anjou, the heir apparent.[2]
- The city of Oberglatt (in modern-day Switzerland) is first mentioned in written literature.
- Confronted with important financial difficulty due to the expenses of its Spanish crusade, the Republic of Genoa has to sell its third of the city of Tortosa (which had been conquered in 1148 during that same crusade) to the Count of Barcelona.[3]
By topic
Demography
- Estimation: Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Merv in the Seljuk Empire.[4]
Religion
- July 12 – Pope Anastasius IV succeeds Pope Eugene III, as the 168th pope.
Births
- August 17 – William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)
- Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht (d. 1224)
- Sibylla of Acerra, queen dowager regent of Sicily (d. 1205)
- Kamo no Chōmei, a Japanese author, poet (waka), and essayist
- Marco I Sanudo, Duke of the Archipelago (d. 1227)
Deaths
- February 10 — Taira no Tadamori, Japanese samurai (b. 1096)
- April 3 – al-Adil ibn al-Sallar, vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate
- May 24 – King David I of Scotland (b. 1084)
- June 29 – Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles
- 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, Count of Boulogne, son of Stephen, King of England (b. c. 1130)
- August 20 – Bernard of Clairvaux, French churchman (b. 1090)
- December 16 – Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester[5] (b. c. 1100)
- Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Hertford (b. 1115)
- Anna Komnene, Byzantine princess and historian (b. 1083)
References
- ^ Abulafia, David (1985). The Norman kingdom of Africa and the Norman expeditions to Majorca and the Muslim Mediterranean. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-416-6.
- ^ Warren, W. L. (1961). King John. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 21.
- ^ Williams, John B. (1997). "The making of a crusade: the Genoese anti-Muslim attacks in Spain 1146–1148". Journal of Medieval History. 23 (1): 29–53. doi:10.1016/s0304-4181(96)00022-x.
- ^ Geography at about.com
- ^ thePeerage.com – Person Page 407