1151

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ September 7 — Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry, aged 18.

★ Ghazni is burned by the princes of Ghur

★ The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland

★ Bolton Abbey founded

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)

★ Honorius Augustodunensis, French theologian

★ Li Qingzhao, female Chinese poet (born 1084)