1153

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1120s 1130s 1140s – 1150s – 1160s 1170s 1180s
Years:	1150 1151 1152 – 1153 – 1154 1155 1156

1153 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Art and literature
1153 in poetry

Events

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 Maud.
May 24—Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
July 12—Pope Anastasius IV succeeds Pope Eugene III as the 168th pope.
August 19 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
November 6— The Treaty of Winchester, under the direction of Theobald of Bec, reconciles Stephen of England and Matilda, ending "The Anarchy" which had 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.^[1]
Andronicus Comnenus is imprisoned for conspiring against Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
Raynald of Chatillon marries Constance of Antioch and becomes Prince of Antioch.
Taira no Kiyomori assumes control of the Taira clan.
The city of Oberglatt (present-day Switzerland) is first mentioned 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.

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^[2] (b. c. 1100)
Gilbert Fitz Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford (b. 1115)
Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and historian (b. 1083)

↑ King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 21
↑ thePeerage.com – Person Page 407