1149 In Ireland
Year 1149 (Roman numerals, MCXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Spring – Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, 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 of Sicily, Roger II sends a fleet (some 40 ships) under George of Antioch to pillage the suburbs of Constantinople. Levant * Spring – Nur ad-Din (died 1174), Nur al-Din, Seljuk ruler (''atabeg'') of Aleppo, invades the Principality of Antioch and defeats the Crusaders under Raymond of Poitiers at Bagras, Baghras. 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 Or ...
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