1151

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:C12 year in topicYear 1151 (MCLI) 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• After the Battle of Ghazni, the city is burned by the Prince of Ghur.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Bolton Abbey is founded in North Yorkshire, England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Anping Bridge is completed in China's Fujian province. Its total length will not be exceeded until 1846.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Births

• April 3 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• May 9 – al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (d. 1171)<ref>Template:EI2</ref>
• Unkei, Japanese sculptor (d. 1223)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Deaths

• January 13 – Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. c. 1081)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• April 23 – Adeliza of Louvain, queen of Henry I of England (b. 1103)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 7 – Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (b. 1113)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Li Qingzhao, Chinese poet (b. 1084)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>