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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 | |
Events
- April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter
- November 18 - Philip II becomes King of France
- 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)
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)
- 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
- John of Salisbury, French bishop
- Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese warlord (born 1106)
