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1179
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| 1179 by topic |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
1179 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1179
MCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita |
1932 |
| Armenian calendar |
628
ԹՎ ՈԻԸ |
| Chinese calendar |
3875 – 3876
戊戌 – 己亥 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1171 – 1172 |
| Hebrew calendar |
4939 – 4940 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1234 – 1235 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1101 – 1102 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4280 – 4281 |
| Iranian calendar |
557 – 558 |
| Islamic calendar |
574 – 575 |
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.
Births
- John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut (approximate date; died 1236)
- Mikhail of Kiev (died 1246)
- Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (approximate date)
- Shimazu Tadahisa, warlord of the Shimazu clan of Japan (died 1227)
- William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu
- Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer (died 1229)
Deaths
- September 17 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (born 1098)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (born 1138)
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