1151
Calendar year
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Year 1151 (MCLI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
- September 7 â Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.[1][2][3]
- After the Battle of Ghazni, the city is burned by the Prince of Ghur.[4][5]
- The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland.[6][7]
- Bolton Abbey is founded in North Yorkshire, England.[8][9][10]
- Anping Bridge is completed in China's Fujian province. Its total length will not be exceeded until 1846.[11][12][13]
- 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 (it ends in 1155).[14][15]
Births
Deaths
- January 13 â Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. c. 1081)[23][24][25]
- April 23 â Adeliza of Louvain, queen of Henry I of England (b. 1103)[26][27][28]
- September 7 â Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)[29][30][31]
- Li Qingzhao, Chinese poet (b. 1084)[32][33][34]