1179

Births 
 April 4 — Farid-ud-din Ganj Shakar

 Events 
 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 Castilian 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 was founded.

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