1150
| Years: 1147 1148 1149 - 1150 - 1151 1152 1153 | |
| Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s - 1150s - 1160s 1170s 1180s | |
| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century | |
[edit]
Events
- Åhus, Sweden gains city privileges
- City of Airdrie, Scotland founded
- King Sverker I of Sweden is deposed and succeeded by Eric IX of Sweden.
- Albrecht the Bear inhabits Brandenburg
- Peter the Lombard publishes Sentences
- University of Paris, now known as the Sorbonne, founded
- During Crusades, city of Ashkelon fortified with 53 towers by Fatimid rulers
- Earl of Bedford created
- Cubbie Roo's Castle built on Wyre, Orkney
- Mersey Ferry begins running between Liverpool and Birkenhead
- Neuruppin city founded in Brandenburg, Germany
- Rinteln city founed in Lower Saxony, Germany
- Middle Dutch begins to be spoken in what is now Benelux
- Joscelin II of Edessa taken prisoner during Second Crusade
- Earliest textual reference made to Gypsies working as musicians (in Constantinople)
- Castle Rising built in Norfolk, England by William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel
- Garcia IV Ramirez ends reign as King of Navarre
- Bishopric of Aberdeen established
- Christian Malone writes Irish Chronology "Chronicum Scotorum".
- Christchurch Priory founded
[edit]
Births
- Leo II of Armenia
- William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber (approximate date; died 1211)
- Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II of England (approximate date; died 1176)
- Alix of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (died 1198)
- Saxo Grammaticus, Danish historian (died 1220)
- Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (died 1195)
- Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (approximate date; died 1228)
[edit]
Deaths
- Suryavarman II, Khmer king, builder of Angkor Wat
- Barisan of Ibelin, figure in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Pribislav, last king of the Wendsaf:1150
ast:1150 bg:1150 bs:1150 ca:1150 cs:1150 cy:1150 da:1150 de:1150 el:1150 es:1150 eo:1150 eu:1150 fr:1150 ko:1150년 hr:1150 io:1150 it:1150 lb:1150 hu:1150 mk:1150 nl:1150 no:1150 nn:1150 pl:1150 pt:1150 ro:1150 ru:1150 sk:1150 sl:1150 sr:1150 fi:1150 sv:1150 tt:1150 uk:1150 zh:1150年