1149

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s
Years:	1146 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152

1149 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1149 MCXLIX
Ab urbe condita	1902
Armenian calendar	598 ԹՎ ՇՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	5899
Balinese saka calendar	1070–1071
Bengali calendar	556
Berber calendar	2099
English Regnal year	14 Ste. 1 – 15 Ste. 1
Buddhist calendar	1693
Burmese calendar	511
Byzantine calendar	6657–6658
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 3846 or 3639 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 3847 or 3640
Coptic calendar	865–866
Discordian calendar	2315
Ethiopian calendar	1141–1142
Hebrew calendar	4909–4910
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1205–1206
- Shaka Samvat	1070–1071
- Kali Yuga	4249–4250
Holocene calendar	11149
Igbo calendar	149–150
Iranian calendar	527–528
Islamic calendar	543–544
Japanese calendar	Kyūan5 (久安5年)
Javanese calendar	1055–1056
Julian calendar	1149 MCXLIX
Korean calendar	3482
Minguo calendar	763 before ROC 民前763年
Nanakshahi calendar	−319
Seleucid era	1460/1461 AG
Thai solar calendar	1691–1692
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1275 or 894 or 122 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1276 or 895 or 123

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Byzantine Empire

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Spring – Emperor Manuel I (Komnenos) recovers Corfu with the help of the Venetians, who defeat the Sicilian fleet. During the three-month siege, Byzantine admiral Stephen Kontostephanos is killed by a stone thrown by a catapult. Manuel prepares an offensive against the Normans; King Roger II sends a fleet (some 40 ships) under George of Antioch, to pillage the suburbs of Constantinople.^[1]

Levant

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Spring – Nur al-Din, Seljuk ruler (atabeg) of Aleppo, invades the Principality of Antioch and defeats the Crusaders under Raymond of PoitiersatBaghras. He moves southward to besiege the fortress of Inab, one of the few strongholds of the Crusaders east of the Orontes River. Raymond with a small army (supported by the Assassin allies under Ali ibn Wafa) hurries to its rescue. Nur al-Din, misinformed of the strength of the Crusader forces, retreats. In fact the Zangid forces (some 6,000 men) outnumber the Crusaders by over four to one. Against Ali's advice Raymond decides to reinforce the garrison of Inab.^[2]
April – King Louis VII and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine sail homeward in separate Sicilian ships. While the fleet rounds the Peloponnese (southern Greece) it is attacked by ships of the Byzantine navy. Louis gives orders to raise the French flag and is allowed to sail on. But the ships containing many of his followers and his possessions are captured and taken as a war-prize to Constantinople.^[3]
June 29 – Battle of Inab: The Zangid army under Nur al-Din defeats the combined army of Raymond of Poitiers and the Assassins of Ali ibn Wafa at Inab. After the battle, Nur al-Din invades Antiochene territory and captures the fortresses of Artah and Harim. He then turns west to appear before the walls of Antioch itself and raids as far as St. Symeon.^[4]
July – King Baldwin III receives an urgent request for help from Antioch to break the incomplete Zangid blockade of the city. Meanwhile, the Crusaders fail to retake Harim.^[5] Nur al-Din strengthens his siege of Antioch, but it is too large to surround. A truce is agreed under which Harim and farther east territory remains under Seljuk dominance.
July 15 – The Church of the Holy SepulchreinJerusalem is consecrated, after reconstruction.

Europe

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The Italian 'naval republics' of Genoa, Pisa and Venice finance their expanding trade within and outside Europe – trade which includes an arms industry for manufactures and merchants alike (approximate date).
October 24 – Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, conquers Lleida from the Almoravids, after a siege of seven months (as well as Fraga and Mequinenza).^[6]
Åhus, in present-day Sweden, gains city rights (approximate date).

Britain

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Spring – King Stephen besieges Worcester, but is unable to capture the castle due to its strong defences. He expels William de Beauchamp, lord of the city. Stephen builds two forts near the castle to assist in the attack.
March – The 16-year-old Henry of Anjou, eldest son of Queen Matilda, lands in England in a second attempt to take the English throne from Stephen. He travels up via Salisbury and Gloucester north to Carlisle (Scotland).
May 22 – Henry of Anjou is knighted at Carlisle by King David I. Henry acknowledges the Scottish king's right to Northumberland.

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Commerce

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Genoa grants the benefits of a part of the city's fiscal revenues to a consortium of creditors called compera, the first example of the consolidation of public debt in medieval Europe.^[7]

Religion

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April 8 – Pope Eugene III takes refuge in the castle of Tusculum where he meets Louis VII and Eleanor of Aquitaine. He attempts to reunite the couple by insisting to restore the love between them.^[8]

^ Norwich, John (1995). Byzantium: The Decline and Fall, pp. 98 and 103. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0-679-41650-1.

^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 266. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.

^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 232. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.

^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem, p. 266. ISBN 978-0-241-29876-3.

^ David Nicolle (2009). The Second Crusade 1148: Disaster outside Damascus, p. 83. ISBN 978-1-84603-354-4.

^ McGrank, Lawrence (1981). "Norman crusaders and the Catalan reconquest: Robert Burdet and te principality of Tarragona 1129-55". Journal of Medieval History. 7 (1): 67–82. doi:10.1016/0304-4181(81)90036-1.

^ Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review. 25 (3): 506–562. doi:10.1080/07075332.2003.9641005. S2CID 152336222.

^ Norwich, John (2012). The Popes: A History. London: Vintage. ISBN 978-0-099-56587-1.

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