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| Years: 1176 1177 1178 - 1179 - 1180 1181 1182 | |
| Decades: 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s | |
| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century | |
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Events
- June 19 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first "ghettos" for Jews.
- Afonso I is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, bringing Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castillian monarchy.
- Philip II is crowned King of France.
- Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion.
- Westminster School founded by the monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command).
- Drigung Kagyu school of Kagyu Buddhism founded.
Births
- John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut (approximate date; died 1236)
- Mikhail of Kiev (died 1246)
- Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (approximate date)
- Shimazu Tadahisa, warlord of the Shimazu clan of Japan (died 1227)
- William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu
- Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer (died 1229)
Deaths
- September 17 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (born 1098)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (born 1138)
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