History
1154
General
Population: 354 Million*
- Entertainment: Mohammed al-Idrisi publishes "Geography" at Palermo
- History: End of "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"
- Religion: Death of Pope Anastasius IV – Pope Hadrian IV (Nicholas Breakspear the only English pope) to 1159
- Deaths: King Stephen of England, Roger II count of Sicily,
Pope Anastasius IV, David I of Scotland (see 1153)
Europe
- General: Start of German (HRE) invasions of Italy to 1237
- England: End of Stephen as king of England the last of House of Normandy
Pope grants Ireland to England
Henry II rules England to 1189 plus Normandy, Anjou, Toulaine and Maine – given nickname Plantagenet - first Angevin king
Henry starts claiming castles and stamping out Baron powers – Hugh Mortimer resists
- Italian States: Roger II count of Sicily dies
- Scotland: David I dies and succeeded by Malcolm IV
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