1151
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| 1151 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1151 MCLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1904 |
| Armenian calendar | 600 ԹՎ Ո |
| Assyrian calendar | 5901 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1072–1073 |
| Bengali calendar | 558 |
| Berber calendar | 2101 |
| English Regnal year | 16 Ste. 1 – 17 Ste. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1695 |
| Burmese calendar | 513 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6659–6660 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 3848 or 3641 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 3849 or 3642 |
| Coptic calendar | 867–868 |
| Discordian calendar | 2317 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1143–1144 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4911–4912 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1207–1208 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1072–1073 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4251–4252 |
| Holocene calendar | 11151 |
| Igbo calendar | 151–152 |
| Iranian calendar | 529–530 |
| Islamic calendar | 545–546 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyūan 7 / Ninpei 1 (仁平元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1057–1058 |
| Julian calendar | 1151 MCLI |
| Korean calendar | 3484 |
| Minguo calendar | 761 before ROC 民前761年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −317 |
| Seleucid era | 1462/1463 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1693–1694 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1277 or 896 or 124 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1278 or 897 or 125 |
Year 1151 (MCLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) 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 (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 Leuven, 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)