Year 151 (
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Computing
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* CLI (x86 instruc ...
) was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
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. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Condianus and Valerius (or, less frequently, year 904 ''
Ab urbe condita
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''). The denomination 151 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the
Anno Domini
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calendar era
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became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Asia
* Mytilene
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and Smyrna
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are destroyed by an earthquake
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.
* First year of Yuanjia of the Chinese
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**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
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Han Dynasty
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.
By topic
Art
* Detail from a rubbing of a stone relief in Wu family shrine (Wuliangci), Jiaxiang, Shandong
Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region.
Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
, is made (Han dynasty).
Births
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Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina
Annia Galeria Aurelia Faustina (c. 151/153Birley, Anthony. ''Marcus Aurelius'', revised edition (London: Routledge, 1993), p. 108. - after 165) was a daughter of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius and his wife, Faustina the Younger. Her sister was em ...
, daughter of
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: áːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠ English: ; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good ...
*
Zhong Yao
Zhong Yao (151 – April or May 230), also referred to as Zhong You, courtesy name Yuanchang, was a Chinese calligrapher and politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China. He served in the state of ...
, Chinese official and calligrapher (d.
230
Year 230 (Roman numerals, CCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Agricola and Clementinus (or, less frequently, year ...
)
Deaths
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Kanishka
Kanishka I (Sanskrit: कनिष्क, '; Greco-Bactrian: Κανηϸκε ''Kanēške''; Kharosthi: 𐨐𐨞𐨁𐨮𐨿𐨐 '; Brahmi: '), or Kanishka, was an emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign (c. 127–150 CE) the empire re ...
, Indian ruler of the
Kushan Empire
The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, i ...
*
Novatus
Saint Novatus (died c. 151) is an early Christian saint. His feast day is 20 June.
Novatus and his brother, the martyr Timotheus, were the sons of Saint Pudens, and the brothers of Saints Pudentiana and Praxedes. His paternal grandfather was ...
, Christian saint (approximate date)
References
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