1180

Events 
 April 13 – Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter
 November 18 – Philip II becomes King of France
 During the third year of the Jisho era of Japan, a devastating whirlwind damages Kyoto.
 Emperor Antoku, reign of 81st emperor of Japan starts (1180-1185)Clement, Ernest Wilson. (1915). A Short History of Japan, p. 43; compare Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), Ceremony of Accession (Sokui-no-Rei); retrieved 2012-10-7.
 Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon
 Artois is annexed by France
 Prince Mochihito amasses a large army and instigates the Genpei War between Taira and Minamoto clans
 Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry the Lion from the Duchy of Saxony, and created the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria
 Alexius II Comnenus becomes Byzantine emperor
 The Wittelsbach family takes control of Bavaria
 Kilij Arslan II allies with Saladin after the death of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus
 Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess (approximate date)
 Estimation: Hangzhou, capital of Southern Song China becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Fes in the Almohad Empire.
 Last major volcanic eruption of Sunset Crater, in Arizona

 Births 
 August 6 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (died 1239)
 Berenguela of Castile, queen of Alfonso IX of Castile (died 1246)
 Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford, English soldier (died 1230)

 Deaths 
 September 18 – King Louis VII of France (born 1120)
 September 24 – Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (born 1118)
 October 25 – John of Salisbury, French bishop
 Al-Mustadi, Caliph
 William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber
 Abraham ben David, philosopher (martyred)
 Roman of Kiev
 Yaroslav II of Kiev
 Prince Mochihito, son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan
 Minamoto no Yorimasa, Japanese warlord (born 1106)

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