1181
year
1181 (MCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1181st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 181st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 12th century, and the 2nd year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1181, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1178 1179 1180 – 1181 – 1182 1183 1184 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1181 MCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1934 |
| Armenian calendar | 630 ԹՎ ՈԼ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5931 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1102–1103 |
| Bengali calendar | 588 |
| Berber calendar | 2131 |
| English Regnal year | 27 Hen. 2 – 28 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1725 |
| Burmese calendar | 543 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6689–6690 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3877 or 3817 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 3878 or 3818 |
| Coptic calendar | 897–898 |
| Discordian calendar | 2347 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1173–1174 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4941–4942 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1237–1238 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1102–1103 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4281–4282 |
| Holocene calendar | 11181 |
| Igbo calendar | 181–182 |
| Iranian calendar | 559–560 |
| Islamic calendar | 576–577 |
| Japanese calendar | Jishō 5 / Yōwa 1 (養和元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1088–1089 |
| Julian calendar | 1181 MCLXXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3514 |
| Minguo calendar | 731 before ROC 民前731年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −287 |
| Seleucid era | 1492/1493 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1723–1724 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1307 or 926 or 154 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1308 or 927 or 155 |
Events change
- Jayavarman VII defeats the Cham and assumes control of the Khmer kingdom.
- The word Albigensians first used by chronicler Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois to describe the inhabitants of Albi, France.
- September 1 — Pope Lucius III succeeds Pope Alexander III as the 171st pope.
- Chinese and Japanese astronomers observe what has since come to be understood as a supernova. One of only eight supernovae in the Milky Way observed in recorded history, it appeared in the constellation Cassiopeia and was visible in the night sky for about 185 days. The radio source 3C58 is thought to be the remnant from this event.
- Beginning of the Yowa era in Japan. The era is marked by famine.
Births change
- Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (died 1226)
- Saint Teresa of Portugal
- Jayavarman VII, king of the Khmer (died 1219)
Deaths change
- January 30 — Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
- March 17 — Henry I of Champagne
- June 30 — Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester, English politician (b. 1147)
- August 30 — Pope Alexander III (b. c. 1100–1105)
- Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese warlord (b. 1118)
- As-Salih Ismail al-Malik, ruler of Syria (b. 1163)