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| 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 |
| 1179 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1179 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1179 MCLXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1932 |
| Armenian calendar | 628 ԹՎ ՈԻԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -665 – -664 |
| Berber calendar | 2129 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1723 |
| Burmese calendar | 541 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6687 – 6688 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十一月廿二日 (3815/3875-11-22) — to —
己亥年十二月初二日(3816/3876-12-2) |
| Coptic calendar | 895 – 896 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1171 – 1172 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4939 – 4940 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1234 – 1235 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1101 – 1102 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4280 – 4281 |
| Holocene calendar | 11179 |
| Iranian calendar | 557 – 558 |
| Islamic calendar | 574 – 575 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3512 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1722 |
Events
- June 19 — Battle of Kalvskinnet (outside Nidaros, Norway): Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- The Third Council of the Lateran condemns Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first "ghettos" for Jews. It also rules that the Pope must receive 2/3 of the cardinals' votes to be elected.
- 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.
- The city of Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion.
- Westminster School is founded by the monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command).
- The Drigung Kagyu school of Kagyu Buddhism is founded.
- The Maya city of Chichen Itza is sacked and burned by Hunac Ceel, the Mayapan king.
Births
- John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut (approximate date; d. 1236)
- Mikhail of Kiev (approximate date; d. 1246)
- Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (approximate date; d. 1239)
- Shimazu Tadahisa, warlord of the Shimazu clan of Japan (d. 1227)
- William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (d. 1221)
- Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer (d. 1229)
Deaths
- September 17 — Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (b. 1098)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (b. 1138)
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