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Year 1151 (MCLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • September 7 – Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.
  • After the Battle of Ghazni the city is burned by the prince of Ghur.
  • The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland.
  • Bolton Abbey is founded in North Yorkshire, England.
  • Anping Bridge is completed in China's Fujian province. Its total length will not be exceeded until 1846.
  • Confronted with internal strife, the commune of Bologna is the first Italian republic to turn to the rule of a podestà, Guido di Ranieri da Sasso (ends in 1155).

    • Births

  • April 3 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
  • Unkei, Japanese sculptor (d. 1223)

    • Deaths

  • January 13 – Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. c. 1081)
  • April 23 – Adeliza of Louvain, queen of Henry I of England (b. 1103)
  • September 7 – Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)
  • Elvira of Castile, illegitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of Castile (b. 1082)
  • Li Qingzhao, female Chinese poet (b. 1084)

    • References

    1151 Wikipedia
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