1180
year
1180 (MCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1180th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 180th year of the 2nd millennium, the 80th year of the 12th century, and the 1st year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1180, 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: | 1177 1178 1179 – 1180 – 1181 1182 1183 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1180 MCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1933 |
| Armenian calendar | 629 ԹՎ ՈԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5930 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1101–1102 |
| Bengali calendar | 587 |
| Berber calendar | 2130 |
| English Regnal year | 26 Hen. 2 – 27 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1724 |
| Burmese calendar | 542 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6688–6689 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3876 or 3816 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3877 or 3817 |
| Coptic calendar | 896–897 |
| Discordian calendar | 2346 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1172–1173 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4940–4941 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1236–1237 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1101–1102 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4280–4281 |
| Holocene calendar | 11180 |
| Igbo calendar | 180–181 |
| Iranian calendar | 558–559 |
| Islamic calendar | 575–576 |
| Japanese calendar | Jishō 4 (治承４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1087–1088 |
| Julian calendar | 1180 MCLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3513 |
| Minguo calendar | 732 before ROC 民前732年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −288 |
| Seleucid era | 1491/1492 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1722–1723 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1306 or 925 or 153 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1307 or 926 or 154 |
Events
change- 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, reign of 81st emperor of Japan starts (1180-1185)[1]
- 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.[2]
- Last major volcanic eruption of Sunset Crater, in Arizona
Births
change- 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)
Deaths
change- 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)
References
change- ↑ Clement, Ernest Wilson. (1915). A Short History of Japan, p. 43; compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-10-7.
- ↑ Matt T. Rosenberg. "Largest Cities Through History". About.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2012.