Editing 1151 (section)

== Events ==
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* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey of Anjou]] dies, and is succeeded by his son [[Henry II of England|Henry]], aged 18.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&q=1151+Geoffrey+of+Anjou&pg=PA206|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy|last=Panton|first=James|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|year=2011|isbn=9780810874978|location=Lanham, MD and Plymouth, UK|pages=205–206|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyaPAgAAQBAJ&q=1151+Geoffrey+of+Anjou&pg=PA47|title=Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300|last=France|first=John|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2001|isbn=9781135365073|series=Warfare and History|location=London|pages=47|language=en|orig-year=1999}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dutton|first=Kathryn|date=2015-12-01|title=Crusading and political culture under Geoffrey, count of Anjou and duke of Normandy, 1129–51|journal=[[French History (journal)|French History]]|language=en|volume=29|issue=4|pages=419–444|doi=10.1093/fh/crv014|issn=0269-1191}}</ref>
* After the [[Battle of Ghazni (1151)|Battle of Ghazni]], the city is burned by the Prince of [[Ghurids|Ghur]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bombaci|first=Alessio|date=1959|title=Summary report on the Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan. Introduction to the Excavations at Ghazni|journal=East and West|volume=10|issue=1/2|pages=3–22|issn=0012-8376|jstor=29754076}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dh6jydKXikoC&q=1151+Battle+of+Ghazni&pg=PA392|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O|last=Jaques|first=Tony|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|year=2007|isbn=9780313335389|volume=2: F - O|location=Wesport, CT and London|pages=392|language=en}}</ref>
* The first plague and fire [[Insurance|insurance policy]] is issued in [[Icelandic Commonwealth|Iceland]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/iceland/6043463/Iceland-10-little-known-facts.html|title=Iceland: 10 little-known facts|journal=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=2009-08-18|access-date=2019-07-04|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=1975|title=Books and Bookmen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dhlVAAAAYAAJ&q=1151+Iceland+insurance|journal=Books and Bookmen|volume=21|pages=ccxliv|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* [[Bolton Abbey]] is founded in [[North Yorkshire]], [[Kingdom of England|England]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetoriponharr00walb|quote=1151 Bolton Abbey.|title=A Guide to Ripon, Harrogate, Fountains Abbey, Bolton Priory, and Several Places of Interest in Their Vicinity|last=Walbran|first=John Richard|publisher=W. Harrison|year=1851|location=Ripon and London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guidetoriponharr00walb/page/113 113]–114|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=F.R.Hist.S.|first=George R. Potter M. A. Ph d F. S. A.|date=2009-12-15|title=A note on the Devonshire papers at Ghatsworth House, Derbyshire|journal=Journal of the Society of Archivists|volume=4|issue=2|pages=124–129|language=en|doi=10.1080/00379817009513947}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGnetE9YIc0C&q=1151+Bolton+Abbey&pg=PR11|title=Early Yorkshire Charters: Volume 7, The Honour of Skipton|last1=Farrer|first1=William|last2=Clay|first2=Charles Travis|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2013|isbn=9781108058308|series=Cambridge Library Collection|volume=7: The Honour of Skipton|location=Cambridge, UK and New York|pages=xi|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Anping Bridge]] is completed in [[China]]'s [[Fujian]] province. Its total length will not be exceeded until [[1846]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ3MBQAAQBAJ&q=1151+Anping+Bridge&pg=PA915|title=Handbook of International Bridge Engineering|last1=Chen|first1=Wai-Fah|last2=Duan|first2=Lian|publisher=[[CRC Press]]|year=2014|isbn=9781439810309|location=Boca Raton, London and New York|pages=915|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GEhGM6fZeaAC&q=1151+Anping+Bridge&pg=PA36|title=The Emporium of the World: Maritime Quanzhou, 1000-1400|last=Schottenhammer|first=Angela|publisher=BRILL|year=2001|isbn=9789004117730|location=Leiden, Boston, Köln|pages=36–37|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EeVPT6UAk3EC&q=1151+Anping+Bridge&pg=PA149|title=Ancient Chinese Inventions|last=Deng|first=Yinke|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2011|isbn=9780521186926|location=Cambridge, UK and New York|pages=149|language=en}}</ref>
* Confronted with internal strife, the commune of [[Bologna]] is the first Italian [[Medieval commune|republic]] to turn to the rule of a [[podestà]], Guido di Ranieri da Sasso (it ends in [[1155]]).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezWd-KsVTuoC&q=1151+Podesta&pg=PA41|title=The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600: Hinterland, Territory, Region|last=Scott|first=Tom|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2012|isbn=9780199274604|location=Oxford and New York|pages=41|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Born|first=Lester K.|date=November 1927|title=What is the Podestà?|journal=[[American Political Science Review]]|language=en|volume=21|issue=4|pages=863–871|doi=10.2307/1947600|issn=1537-5943|quote=The first institution of the office of podestà was at Bologna in 1151|jstor=1947600}}</ref>
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