951

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	9th century – 10th century – 11th century
Decades:	920s  930s  940s  – 950s –  960s  970s  980s
Years:	948 949 950 – 951 – 952 953 954

951 Media

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  Queen Adelaide of Italy (931–999)

951 (CMLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 951st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 951st year of the 1st millennium, the 51st year of the 10th century, and the 2nd year of the 950s decade. As of the start of 951, the Gregorian calendar was 5 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• Allat the Maharana of Mewar comes to power.
• The Later Zhou Dynasty is founded by Guo Wei in China.
• The Northern Han Kingdom is founded by Liu Min in northern China.

Births

• Gregory of Narek, Armenian monk, poet, and theologian
• Saint Romuald

Deaths

• Emperor Shizong of the Liao Dynasty
• 2 January – Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty