What Happened in 1154

Major Events

  • Apr 23 Damascus surrenders to Sultan Nur ad-Din van Aleppo
  • Dec 4 Adrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
  • Dec 19 King Henry II of England crowned King of England

Born in 1154

  • Nov 11 Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1212), born in Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal (d. 1212)


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