This article is about the year. For the number, see 150 (number).
| Millennium: | 1st millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century |
| Decades: | 120s 130s 140s – 150s – 160s 170s 180s |
| Years: | 147 148 149 – 150 – 151 152 153 |
| 150 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishment and disestablishment categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Gregorian calendar | 150 CL |
| Ab urbe condita | 903 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1694 – -1693 |
| Berber calendar | 1100 |
| Buddhist calendar | 694 |
| Burmese calendar | -488 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5658 – 5659 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年十一月十五日 (2786/2846-11-15) — to —
庚寅年十一月廿五日(2787/2847-11-25) |
| Coptic calendar | -134 – -133 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 142 – 143 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3910 – 3911 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 205 – 206 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 72 – 73 |
| - Kali Yuga | 3251 – 3252 |
| Holocene calendar | 10150 |
| Iranian calendar | 472 BP – 471 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 487 BH – 486 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 2483 |
| Thai solar calendar | 693 |
Events
By place
Roman Empire
- The Roman army consists of 400,000 men. Of these, there are ten legions (55,000 men) and 140 auxiliary units (80,000 men, of which half are cavalry) based in the Balkans and along the Danube; 50,000 legionnaires and auxiliaries in Britain; 45,000 in Germany; 20,000 men in Egypt; and 10,000 in Africa and Numidia.
Europe
- The Germans of the east move south, into the Carpathians and Black Sea area.
Asia
- First and only year of Heping of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
Americas
- The Middle Culture period of Mayan civilization ends (approximate date).
- The Great Pyramid of the Sun is constructed in Teotihuacan. It is the tallest pre-Columbian building in the Americas.
By topic
Religion
- Marcion of Sinope produces his own version of the Gospel of Luke (approximate date).
Arts and sciences
- The earliest atlas (Ptolemy's Geography) is made (approximate date).
- This is also the approximate date of completition of Ptolemy's monumental work Almagest. The geocentric cosmology contained in it holds sway for 1,400 years.
- Antoninus Liberalis writes a work on mythology (Μεταμορφωσεων Συναγωγη) (approximate date).
- Paper, made in China, arrives in Turkestan.
Births
- Monoimus, Arab gnostic (approximate date)
- Nagarjuna, founder of Mahayana "Great Vehicle" (approximate date)
- Zhang Zhongjing, Chinese physician (d. 219)
- Yufuluo (d. 196)
Deaths
- Aśvaghoṣa, Indian poet (approximate date)
- Empress Liang Na, wife of Emperor Shun of Han (b. 116)
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