1150 (MCL)
was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1150th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 150th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 12th century, and the 1st year of the 1150s decade. As of the start of 1150, the Gregorian calendar was
7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- Åhus, Sweden gains city privileges
- City of Airdrie, Scotland founded
- King Sverker I of Sweden 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 founded in Lower Saxony, Germany
- Middle Dutch begins to be spoken in what is now Benelux
- Joscelin II of Edessa taken prisoner during Second Crusade
- Tuam promoted to a Metropolitan Archdiocese, Ireland
- 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
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