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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s
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| Years: | 1176 1177 1178 - 1179 - 1180 1181 1182 |
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[edit] Events
- June 19 — The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first "ghettos" for Jews.
- Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, bringing Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castilian monarchy.
- Philip II is crowned King of France.
- Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion.
- Westminster School founded by the monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command).
- Drigung Kagyu school of Kagyu Buddhism founded.
[edit] Births
- John of Ibelin (approximate date; d. 1236)
- Mikhail of Kiev (approximate date; d. 1246)
- Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (approximate date; d. 1239)
- Shimazu Tadahisa, warlord of the Shimazu clan of Japan (d. 1227)
- William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (d. 1221)
- Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer (d. 1229)
[edit] Deaths
- September 17 — Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (b. 1098)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (b. 1138)
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[edit] People of the year 1179 at Familypedia
2 people were born in 1179
0 people died in 1179
96 people lived in 1179
