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| Years: 1177 1178 1179 - 1180 - 1181 1182 1183 |
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| Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s |
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| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
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| 1180 by topic | |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1180 MCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1933 |
| Armenian calendar | 629 ԹՎ ՈԻԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 3876 – 3877 己亥 – 庚子 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1172 – 1173 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4940 – 4941 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1235 – 1236 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1102 – 1103 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4281 – 4282 |
| Iranian calendar | 558 – 559 |
| Islamic calendar | 575 – 576 |
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
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)
- King Eric X of Sweden (died 1216)
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)