1179
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1179 (MCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1179th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 179th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 12th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1170s decade. As of the start of 1179, 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: | 1140s 1150s 1160s – 1170s – 1180s 1190s 1200s |
| Years: | 1176 1177 1178 – 1179 – 1180 1181 1182 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1179 MCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1932 |
| Armenian calendar | 628 ԹՎ ՈԻԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5929 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1100–1101 |
| Bengali calendar | 586 |
| Berber calendar | 2129 |
| English Regnal year | 25 Hen. 2 – 26 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1723 |
| Burmese calendar | 541 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6687–6688 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3875 or 3815 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3876 or 3816 |
| Coptic calendar | 895–896 |
| Discordian calendar | 2345 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1171–1172 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4939–4940 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1235–1236 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1100–1101 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4279–4280 |
| Holocene calendar | 11179 |
| Igbo calendar | 179–180 |
| Iranian calendar | 557–558 |
| Islamic calendar | 574–575 |
| Japanese calendar | Jishō 3 (治承３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1086–1087 |
| Julian calendar | 1179 MCLXXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3512 |
| Minguo calendar | 733 before ROC 民前733年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −289 |
| Seleucid era | 1490/1491 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1721–1722 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 1305 or 924 or 152 — to — 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1306 or 925 or 153 |
Births
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change- 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 was founded.