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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1182 1183 1184 – 1185 – 1186 1187 1188 |
| 1185 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births – Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1185 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1185 MCLXXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1938 |
| Armenian calendar | 634 ԹՎ ՈԼԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -659 – -658 |
| Berber calendar | 2135 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1729 |
| Burmese calendar | 547 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6693 – 6694 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年十一月廿八日 (3821/3881-11-28) — to —
乙巳年十二月初八日(3822/3882-12-8) |
| Coptic calendar | 901 – 902 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1177 – 1178 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4945 – 4946 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1240 – 1241 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1107 – 1108 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4286 – 4287 |
| Holocene calendar | 11185 |
| Iranian calendar | 563 – 564 |
| Islamic calendar | 580 – 581 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3518 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1728 |
[edit] Events
- April 25—Genpei War: The naval Battle of Dan-no-ura leads to a Minamoto victory in Japan, and the death of Emperor Antoku.
- August 15—The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
- September 11—Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire. Komnenos dynasty ends.
- Templars settle in London and begin building the New Temple Church.
- The Heian Period ends and the Kamakura period begins in Japan.
- The Katedralskolan, the oldest school in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe, is founded in Lund, Sweden.
- Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.
- November 25—Pope Urban III succeeds Pope Lucius III as the 172nd pope.
- Mohammad of Ghur takes Punjab and Lahore, overthrowing the Ghaznavids.
- Igor Svyatoslavich's failed campaign against the Cumans, later immortalized in The Tale of Igor's Campaign
[edit] Births
- April 23—King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
- Inge II of Norway (d. 1217)
- Gertrude of Merania, queen of Andrew II of Hungary (d. 1213)
[edit] Deaths
- April 25—Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)
- June 16—Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile, (b. c. 1140)
- July 18—Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala
- July 25—King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- September 12—Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. c. 1118)
- November 25—Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
- December 6—King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)
- Gillchreest MacCathmhaoil, Irish Head Chieftain of Cineal Fereadaidh, clan Aongus, clan Dubhinreacht, clan Fogarty O'Ceannfhoda, and clan Colla.
- Taira no Munemori, Japanese soldier (b. 1147)
- Taira no Noritsune, Japanese soldier (b. 1160)
- Taira no Shigehira, Japanese soldier (b. 1158)
- Taira no Tomomori, Japanese soldier (b. 1152)
- Ibn Tufail, Arab philosopher, physician, and courtier (b. c. 1105)
