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| Gregorian calendar | 1180 MCLXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1933 |
| Armenian calendar | 629 ԹՎ ՈԻԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5930 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1101–1102 |
| Bengali calendar | 587 |
| Berber calendar | 2130 |
| English Regnal year | 26 Hen. 2 – 27 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1724 |
| Burmese calendar | 542 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6688–6689 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3877 or 3670 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 3878 or 3671 |
| Coptic calendar | 896–897 |
| Discordian calendar | 2346 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1172–1173 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4940–4941 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1236–1237 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1101–1102 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4280–4281 |
| Holocene calendar | 11180 |
| Igbo calendar | 180–181 |
| Iranian calendar | 558–559 |
| Islamic calendar | 575–576 |
| Japanese calendar | Jishō 4 (治承４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1087–1088 |
| Julian calendar | 1180 MCLXXX |
| Korean calendar | 3513 |
| Minguo calendar | 732 before ROC 民前732年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −288 |
| Seleucid era | 1491/1492 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1722–1723 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1306 or 925 or 153 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1307 or 926 or 154 |
Year 1180 (MCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
America
- The last major volcanic eruption occurs of Sunset Crater, in Arizona.
Asia
- During the third year of the Jishō era of Japan, a devastating whirlwind damages Kyoto.
- Emperor Antoku succeeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan.
- Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between the Taira and Minamoto clans.
- Kilij Arslan II allies with Saladin after the death of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos.
Europe
- April 13 – Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter.
- September 24 – Alexios II Komnenos succeeds as Byzantine Emperor on the death of his father Manuel I Komnenos.
- September 18 – Philip II becomes King of France.
- Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of León.
- The Portuguese admiral D. Fuas Roupinho wins a second victory in two years against the Almohad fleet.[1]
- Artois is annexed by France.
- Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry the Lion from the Duchy of Saxony, and creates the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria.
- The Wittelsbach family takes control of Bavaria.
By topic
Culture
- Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess (approximate date).
Demography
- Estimation: Hangzhou, capital of Southern Song China, becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fes in the Almohad Empire.[2]
Births
- August 6 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
- Berenguela of Castile, queen of Alfonso IX of Castile (d. 1246)
- Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (d. 1230)
- King Eric X of Sweden (d. 1216) (possible date)
- Xia Gui, Chinese painter (d. c. 1230) (approximate date)
Deaths
- March 30 – Al-Mustadi, Caliph (b. 1142)
- September 18 – King Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
- September 24 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- October 25 – John of Salisbury, French bishop (b. c. 1120)
- Abraham ibn Daud, philosopher (martyred) (b. c. 1120)
- Roman I of Kiev
- Yaroslav II of Kiev
- Prince Mochihito, son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan
- Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese samurai (b. 1106)
- Zhu Shuzhen, Chinese female poet
References
- ^ Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
- ^ Geography at about.com