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Heads of State
Year of the Earth horse戊午( at the beginning of the year Fire Snake丁巳)
Syria: 1449/50 ( year October )
Events
Politics and World Affairs
Holy Roman Empire
- March 7: Konrad III. is chosen in an express choice, chaired by the Archbishop of Trier Albero in St. Kastor to Koblenz Roman-German king.
- Conrad III. calls at the Diet of Augsburg of Henry the Proud of his duchies back: Bavaria or Saxony.
Poland
- As part of the Senioratsprinzips the partition of Poland takes place among the sons of Bolesław III. Wrymouth into four parts.
England / Scotland
- August 22: English Civil War 1135-1154: In the standards battle of Northallerton between the English and Scots invaded by King David I fall 11000-12000 Scots.
- John II Komnenos unsuccessfully besieged Aleppo.
Ersturkundliche mentions
- First mention of the city of Marburg as a possession of the Landgrave of Thuringia and Häfnerhaslach and Chénens.
Religion
- MAY 29: The Anti-Pope Victor IV omitted, a few weeks after his election in January, on the papacy. The intervention of Bernard of Clairvaux has encouraged this decision.
- Adalbert II of Saarbrücken is archbishop of Mainz.
Born
- Dreux IV de Mello, participants of the 3rd Crusade, Constable of France († 1218 )
- Casimir II, Senior Duke of Poland, Duke in Wiślica, Sandomir, Masovia and Kuyavia († 1194)
- Maimonides, Jewish philosopher, physician, and jurist († 1204)
Died
- JANUARY 25: Pietro Pierleoni, as Anacletus II anti-pope to Pope Innocent II (* 1090 )
- MARCH 8: Adela of Blois, French nobleman (c. 1062)
- May 27: Hadmar I of Kuenring, Austrian Ministerialadeliger and castellan of Dürnstein
- OCTOBER 28: Bolesław III. Wry-mouthed, Duke of Poland (* 1085 )
- Al -Rashid, thirtieth Abbasid Caliph
- Arwa bint Ahmad, Queen of Sulaihiden (* 1050)
- William de Warenne, 2nd Earl of Surrey