    __notoc__ year 1154 (mcliv) was a common year starting on friday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == ===by place=== ====africa==== * series of norman raids in north africa, including annaba (algeria)gilbert meynier (2010) l'algÃ©rie cÅur du maghreb classique. de l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). paris: la dÃ©couverte; pp.71. and the nile delta. ====asia==== * april 23 &ndash; nur ad-din zangi gains control of damascus, uniting syria under one ruler. * (around): nur ad-din zangi establishes the al-nuri hospital in damascus. ====europe==== * october 25 &ndash; king stephen of england dies at dover, and is succeeded by henry plantagenet, the son of his cousin matilda. henry becomes king henry ii of england, aged 21. * december 14 &ndash; pope adrian iv (also known as hadrian iv) succeeds pope anastasius iv as the 169th pope. born nicholas breakspear, he is the only english pope in history. * february 26 - roger ii of sicily dies at palermo . he is succeeded by his youngest son, william i of sicily * a chateau is built at chinon by theobald i, count of blois. * the almohad army conquers the last independent muslim stronghold in spain, grenada, after six years of siege.gilbert meynier (2010) l'algÃ©rie cÅur du maghreb classique. de l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (658-1518). paris: la dÃ©couverte; pp.88. * birmingham, england, and the birmingham bull ring are founded. * bosnia becomes an autonomous duchy. * belgrade is rebuilt by byzantine emperor manuel i comnenus. * tallinn, the capital of estonia, is first marked on the world map by al idrisi. ===by topic=== ====arts and culture==== january 15 &ndash; muhammad al-idrisi completes his atlas of the world, the tabula rogeriana, which will remain one of the most accurate maps until the age of discovery.{{cite book|last=matthew|first=donald|title=the norman kingdom of sicily|year=1992|publisher=cambridge university press|location=cambridge|isbn=0-521-26911-3|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cqfub3l_ejkc&pg=pa277&lpg=pa277&dq=al
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