1180
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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s
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| Years: | 1177 1178 1179 - 1180 - 1181 1182 1183 |
[edit] Events
- April 13 — Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter.
- November 18 — Philip II becomes King of France.
- During the third year of the Jisho era of Japan, a devastating whirlwind damages Kyoto.
- Emperor Antoku succeeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan.
- Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon.
- Artois is annexed by France.
- Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between Taira and Minamoto clans.
- Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry the Lion from the Duchy of Saxony, and created the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria.
- Alexius II Comnenus becomes Byzantine emperor.
- The Wittelsbach family takes control of Bavaria.
- Kilij Arslan II allies with Saladin after the death of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus.
- Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess (approximate date).
- Estimation: Hangzhou, capital of Southern Song China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fes in the Almohad Empire.[1]
- Last major volcanic eruption of Sunset Crater, in Arizona.
[edit] Births
- August 6 — Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
- Berenguela of Castile, queen of Alfonso IX of Castile (d. 1246)
- Gilbert de Clare, English soldier (d. 1230)
- King Eric X of Sweden (d. 1216)
[edit] Deaths
- September 18 — King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
- September 24 — Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- October 25 — John of Salisbury, French bishop (b. c. 1120)
- Al-Mustadi, Caliph (b. 1142)
- William de Braose
- Abraham ibn Daud, philosopher (martyred) (b. c. 1120)
- Roman I of Kiev
- Yaroslav II of Kiev
- Prince Mochihito, son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan
- Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese samurai (b. 1106)
- Zhu Shuzhen, Chinese female poet
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