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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
1180 by topic
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
1180 in other calendars
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)

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