1151

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 (it ends in 1155).

Births

• April 3 – Igor Svyatoslavich, Russian prince (d. 1202)
• May 9 – al-Adid, last Fatimid caliph (d. 1171)
• 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)
• Li Qingzhao, Chinese poet (b. 1084)

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