1181
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1178 1179 1180 – 1181 – 1182 1183 1184 |
| 1181 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1181 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1181 MCLXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1934 |
| Armenian calendar | 630 ԹՎ ՈԼ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -663 – -662 |
| Berber calendar | 2131 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1725 |
| Burmese calendar | 543 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6689 – 6690 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十二月十四日 (3817/3877-12-14) — to —
辛丑年十一月廿四日(3818/3878-11-24) |
| Coptic calendar | 897 – 898 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1173 – 1174 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4941 – 4942 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1236 – 1237 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1103 – 1104 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4282 – 4283 |
| Holocene calendar | 11181 |
| Iranian calendar | 559 – 560 |
| Islamic calendar | 576 – 577 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3514 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1724 |
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[edit] Events
- Jayavarman VII defeats the Cham and assumes control of the Khmer kingdom.
- The word Albigensians is 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 appears in the constellation Cassiopeia and is visible in the night sky for about 185 days. The radio source 3C58 is thought to be the remnant from this event.
- The Yowa era, marked by famine, begins in Japan.
[edit] Births
- September 26—Saint Francis of Assisi, Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)
- Teresa of Portugal (d. 1250)
[edit] Deaths
- January 30—Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
- March 17—Henry I of Champagne, count 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)
[edit] Sources
http://www.historyorb.com/date/1181
http://www.historyorb.com/birthdays/date/1181
