1150

1150 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1150; MCL
Ab urbe condita	1903
Armenian calendar	599; ԹՎ ՇՂԹ
Assyrian calendar	5900
Balinese saka calendar	1071–1072
Bengali calendar	557
Berber calendar	2100
English Regnal year	15 Ste. 1 – 16 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1694
Burmese calendar	512
Byzantine calendar	6658–6659
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake); 3846 or 3786; — to —; 庚午年 (Metal Horse); 3847 or 3787
Coptic calendar	866–867
Discordian calendar	2316
Ethiopian calendar	1142–1143
Hebrew calendar	4910–4911
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1206–1207
- Shaka Samvat	1071–1072
- Kali Yuga	4250–4251
Holocene calendar	11150
Igbo calendar	150–151
Iranian calendar	528–529
Islamic calendar	544–545
Japanese calendar	Kyūan 6; (久安６年)
Javanese calendar	1056–1057
Julian calendar	1150; MCL
Korean calendar	3483
Minguo calendar	762 before ROC; 民前762年
Nanakshahi calendar	−318
Seleucid era	1461/1462 AG
Thai solar calendar	1692–1693
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年; (female Earth-Snake); 1276 or 895 or 123; — to —; 阳金马年; (male Iron-Horse); 1277 or 896 or 124

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century; 12th century ; 13th century;
Decades:	1130s; 1140s; 1150s; 1160s; 1170s;
Years:	1147; 1148; 1149; 1150; 1151; 1152; 1153;

Year 1150 (MCL) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Nur al-Din, ruler of Aleppo (1118–1174)

Events

Battle of Tara: The Byzantines defeat the Serbian-Hungarian army under Grdeša, count (župan) of Travunija, near the snow-covered Tara River. The Serbs are overpowered, and Grand Prince Uroš II is forced to accept the peace agreement made by Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos). Uroš is succeeded by his brother Desa, who becomes co-ruler of the Principality of Serbia (until 1153).[1]

Spring – Joscelin II, count of Edessa, on his way to Antioch is separated from his escort and falls into the hands of some Turcoman free-booters. Nur al-Din, ruler (atabeg) of Aleppo, heard of Joscelin's capture and sends a squadron of cavalry to take him from his captors. Joscelin is led before a hostile crowd and publicly blinded. Nur al-Din puts him in prison in the Citadel of Aleppo.[2]
Battle of Aintab: A Crusader army led by King Baldwin III reppels the attacks of Nur al-Din near Aintab. Baldwin safely evacuates the Christian residents of the County of Edessa, which is captured by the Zangids.[3]
The city of Ashkelon is fortified with 53 towers by order of the 17-year-old Caliph Al-Zafir, as it is the most strategic frontier fortress of the Fatimid Caliphate.[4]

February 8 – Battle of Flochberg: German forces under Henry VI defeat the army of the House of Welf at Bopfingen. At the same time, King Conrad III besieges Welf forces at Braunschweig in Saxony, but he lifts the siege when confronted by Henry the Lion.[5]
The University of Paris (known as the Sorbonne) is founded. The first doctorate degree is awarded in Paris.[6]
The city of Rinteln is founded on the northern bank of the Weser River in Lower Saxony (modern Germany).

November 10 – Dryburgh Abbey located in the Scottish Borders is founded by Lord Hugh de Morville.
Cubbie Roo's Castle is built on Wyre (Orkney Islands) and is first mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga.
Christchurch Priory located in Dorset is founded by Earl Baldwin de Redvers.
The Irish Chronology (Chronicon Scotorum) is written (approximate date).

King Suryavarman II dies after a reign of more than 40 years in which he has re-united his realm. During his reign he expands his territories into the Chao Phraya River valley and other regions in Khmer Empire.

The 15-year-old King Inge I (the Hunchback) of Norway calls for a meeting at Bergen of all religious leaders in anticipation that the English cardinal Nicholas Breakspear will found a archbishopric at Trondheim.
Peter Lombard, a French scholastic theologian, publishes the Four Books of Sentences, which becomes the standard textbook of theology at the medieval universities.[7]
The temple at Angkor Wat ("Capital of Temples") is completed in the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia).

Joannes Cinnamus (1976). Deeds of John and Manuel Comnenus, p. 87. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-52155-0.
Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 267. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.
Smail, R. C. (1956). Crusading Warfare 1097–1193, p. 160. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. ISBN 1-56619-769-4.
Gore, Rick (January 2001). "Ancient Ashkelon". National Geographic.
Knödler, Julia (2010). Germany: Narrative (1125–1250), p. 178. Clifford J. (ed). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, pp. 176–185. New York: Oxford University Press.
Nobel, Keith Allan (1994). Changing Doctoral Degrees: An International Perspective. Society for Research into Higher Education. ISBN 0335192130.
Joseph Rickaby (1908). Scholasticism. A. Constable. p. 23.

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