1180s
1180s: events by year
Contents: 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189
By area
America
Asia
Europe
By topic
Culture
Demography
By area
Asia
Europe
- After a series of defeats, the Almohad navy, under the admiral Ahmad al-Siqilli, crushes the Portuguese fleet and reassert their control over the Atlantic Ocean.[1]
- The word Albigensians is first used by chronicler Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois to describe the inhabitants of Albi, France.
- Philip Augustus annuls all loans made by Jews to Christians and takes a percentage for himself. A year later, he confiscates all Jewish property and expels the Jews from Paris.
By topic
Science
- 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.
Religion
By area
Asia
- Raynald of Chatillon has seven ships freighted over the isthmus of Suez, which he then uses to pillage the shores of the Red Sea, as far as the gates of Mecca.
- The Yowa era, marked by famine, ends in Japan.
- Battle of Palnadu: The Kalachuri civil war ends in victory for the Palanati Kalachuris of India, and their leader, Nalagama Raju.
- Genghis Khan is captured and carried in a cage to a rival's camp.
Europe
By topic
Religion
By area
Africa
- Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur becomes the third Almohad Caliph.
- The warlord Ali b. Ghaniya and his brother Yahya seize by surprise the Almohad-dominated cities of Constantine, Bejaia and Algiers. While they are away from their base in Mallorca, one of their brothers, Muhammad, takes control of the island and calls in the Almohads whom intend to capture Mallorca for themselves. The Banu Ghaniya reenforcement arrives just in time from Africa to defeat the Almohads and reassert their domination of the island.[1]
Asia
Europe
By topic
Religion
By area
Africa
Asia
Europe
British isles
- Henry II of England knights his heir John of England and sends him to Ireland to enforce English control. According to Gerald of Wales, the only witness to chronicle the expedition, it is a disaster in which money is wasted on alcohol & the Irish chieftains are scorned into uniting against a common enemy. By the end of the year, John has returned to England in defeat. Nonetheless, Henry gets him named King of Ireland by Pope Urban III and procures a golden crown with peacock feathers.[5]
- Templars settle in London and begin building the New Temple Church.
Eastern Europe
By area
America
Africa
Asia
Europe
By topic
Markets
- To finance the siege of Zara, the dodge of Venice grants the benefits of the revenue from the salt tax to a consortium of creditors. Pledging the income from the Salt Office becomes a staple of the city's finance.[7]
Religion
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Asia
Europe
Significant people
Births
Deaths
References