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Years: 1153 1154 1155 - 1156 - 1157 1158 1159

Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• Establishment of the Carmelite Order
• Hogen Rebellion in Japan
• January 20 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi in Finland.
• The Privilegium Minus elevates Austria to the status of a duchy ruled by the Babenburgs family. (see History of Austria).
• Mosan artists create the Stavelot Triptych, a masterpiece of goldsmithing, as a reliquary to house purported pieces of the True Cross.

Births

• October 27 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (died 1222)
• Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (d. 1189)
• Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (died 1193)

Deaths

• January 17 - André de Montbard, fifth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• January 20 - Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
• July 20 - Emperor Toba of Japan (born 1103)
• Hoel III, Duke of Brittany
• Tairrdelbach mac Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland (born 1088)
• Demetre I, King of Georgia
• Gilbert de Gant, Earl of Lincoln
• William, Count of Poitiers (born 1153)
• Mas'ud of Rüm, Seljuk sultan of Rüm
• Sverker I of Sweden
• Minamoto no Tameyoshi, Japanese general (born 1096)