1151
Year 1151 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
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.
Births
- April 3 - Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince
- May 9 - al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph
- Unkei, Japanese sculptor
Deaths
- January 13 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian
- April 23 - Adeliza of Louvain, queen of Henry I of England
- September 7 - Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou
- Li Qingzhao, Chinese poet