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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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
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).
- Beatrice, Countess of Dia.
Deaths
- Emperor Xizong of Jin, the 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)
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