1151

1151 was a common year.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1120s  1130s  1140s  – 1150s –  1160s  1170s  1180s
Years:	1148 1149 1150 – 1151 – 1152 1153 1154

Events

• September 7 — Geoffrey of Anjou dies, and is replaced by his son Henry who is 18 years old.
• The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland

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)