951

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.

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 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	951 CMLI
Ab urbe condita	1704
Armenian calendar	400 ԹՎ Ն
Assyrian calendar	5701
Balinese saka calendar	872–873
Bengali calendar	358
Berber calendar	1901
Buddhist calendar	1495
Burmese calendar	313
Byzantine calendar	6459–6460
Chinese calendar	庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 3647 or 3587     — to — 辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 3648 or 3588
Coptic calendar	667–668
Discordian calendar	2117
Ethiopian calendar	943–944
Hebrew calendar	4711–4712
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1007–1008
- Shaka Samvat	872–873
- Kali Yuga	4051–4052
Holocene calendar	10951
Iranian calendar	329–330
Islamic calendar	339–340
Japanese calendar	Tenryaku 5 (天暦５年)
Javanese calendar	851–852
Julian calendar	951 CMLI
Korean calendar	3284
Minguo calendar	961 before ROC 民前961年
Nanakshahi calendar	−517
Seleucid era	1262/1263 AG
Thai solar calendar	1493–1494
Tibetan calendar	阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1077 or 696 or −76     — to — 阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1078 or 697 or −75

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