1152

[edit] Events

[edit] Europe

• March 4 — Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
• March 31 - King Baldwin III of Jerusalem exiles his mother Melisande, with whom he has been jointly reigning, to Nablus.
• Eleanor of Aquitaine has her marriage to Louis VII annulled.
• May 18 — Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Henry of Anjou.
• The Church of Ireland acknowledges the Pope's authority.
• The archbishopric of Nidaros (Trondheim), Norway is established.
• The town of Gorodets (modern Russia) is founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruki.

[edit] Africa

• The Almohad Dynasty conquers Algeria.

[edit] Asia

• Aladdin of Ghur sacks Ghazni and destroys the Ghaznavid Empire.

[edit] Births

• Alfonso II of Aragon (d. 1196)
• Geoffrey, Archbishop of York, bastard son of Henry II of England (approximate date; d. 1212)
• Taira no Tomomori, Japanese soldier (d. 1185)
• Han Tuozhou, Song Dynasty Chinese statesman (d. 1207)
• Sir Edgar the Gentle, knight and courtesan of Henry II of England (d.1188)

[edit] Deaths

• May 3 — Matilda of Boulogne, sovereign Countess of Boulogne and queen of Stephen of England (b. 1105)
• Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1114)
• Raymond II of Tripoli (b. c. 1115)