1180

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Years:
1177 1178 1179 - 1180 - 1181 1182 1183
Decades:
1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s
Centuries:
11th century - 12th century - 13th century

[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 (died 1239)
  • Berenguela of Castile, queen of Alfonso IX of Castile (died 1246)
  • Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (died 1230)

[edit] Deaths

  • September 18 - King Louis VII of France (born 1120)
  • September 24 - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (born 1118)
  • October 25 - John of Salisbury, French bishop
  • Al-Mustadi, Caliph
  • William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber
  • Abraham ben David, philosopher (martyred)
  • Roman of Kiev
  • Yaroslav II of Kiev
  • Prince Mochihito, son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan
  • Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese warlord (born 1106)