1150

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 v • d • e
Art and literature
1150 in poetry v • d • e

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[edit] Events

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.

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.

The temple at Angkor Wat is completed in Khmer (present-day Cambodia).