1180

Years: 1177 1178 1179 - 1180 - 1181 1182 1183
Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s
Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Heads of states

Events

April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter
April 28 - Philip II of France marries Isabella of Hainault
November 18 - Philip II becomes king of France
Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon
Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess (approximate date)
Artois is annexed by France
Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry the Lion from the Duchy of Saxony, and created the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria
The Wittelsbach family takes control of Bavaria
Menden, Germany, becomes a territory of Cologne
Petting, Germany, comes under the control of the St. Zeno monastery
Minnesingers first appear in Germany (approximate date)
Kilij Arslan II allies with Saladin after the death of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus
Alexius II Comnenus becomes Byzantine emperor
William of Tyre returns to the Kingdom of Jerusalem after attending the Third Council of the Lateran
Sibylla of Jerusalem marries Guy of Lusignan
End of the reign of Emperor Takakura of Japan
Emperor Antoku ascends to the throne of Japan