1150
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s |
| Years: | 1147 1148 1149 - 1150 - 1151 1152 1153 |
| 1150 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1150 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1150 MCL |
| Ab urbe condita | 1903 |
| Armenian calendar | 599 ԹՎ ՇՂԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -694 – -693 |
| Berber calendar | 2100 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1694 |
| Burmese calendar | 512 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6658 – 6659 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十二月初一日 (3786/3846-12-1) — to —
庚午年十二月十一日(3787/3847-12-11) |
| Coptic calendar | 866 – 867 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1142 – 1143 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4910 – 4911 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1205 – 1206 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1072 – 1073 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4251 – 4252 |
| Holocene calendar | 11150 |
| Iranian calendar | 528 – 529 |
| Islamic calendar | 544 – 545 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3483 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1693 |
Contents |
[edit] Events
[edit] Europe
- Åhus, Sweden gains city privileges.
- King Sverker I of Sweden is deposed and succeeded by Eric IX of Sweden.
- The city of Airdrie, Scotland is founded.
- The title Earl of Bedford is created in England.
- Cubbie Roo's Castle is built on Wyre, Orkney.
- The Mersey Ferry begins running between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
- Christchurch Priory is founded in Dorset, England.
- Castle Rising is built in Norfolk, England by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel.
- The University of Paris, now known as the Sorbonne, is founded.
- The Tuam is promoted to a Metropolitan Archdiocese in Ireland.
- The Bishopric of Aberdeen is established.
- Christian Malone writes his Irish Chronology (Chronicum Scotorum).
- The city of Neuruppin is founded in Brandenburg, Germany.
- The city of Rinteln is founded in Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Albrecht the Bear inhabits Brandenburg.
- Middle Dutch begins to be spoken in what is now Benelux.
- Peter the Lombard publishes Sentences.
- Garcia IV Ramirez ends his reign as King of Navarre.
[edit] Middle East
- Joscelin II of Edessa is taken prisoner during the Second Crusade.
- The city of Ashkelon is fortified with 53 towers by Fatimid rulers.
- The earliest textual reference is made to Gypsies working as musicians in Constantinople.
[edit] Asia
The temple at Angkor Wat is completed in Khmer (present-day Cambodia).
[edit] Births
- Leo II of Armenia (d. 1229)
- William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber (approximate date; d. 1211)
- Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (approximate date; d. 1176)
- Alix of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (d. 1198)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Danish historian (d. 1220)
- Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (d. 1195)
- Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date; d. 1228)
[edit] Deaths
- Emperor Xizong of Jin, third ruler of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty
- Suryavarman II, Khmer king, builder of Angkor Wat
- Barisan of Ibelin, figure in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Pribislav of Brandenburg, last king of the Hevelli (b. c. 1075)
- Henry (Bishop of Uppsala) (traditional date)
