1184

Events 
 Abbeville receives its commercial charter.
 The Battle of Fimreite takes place. 
 Archbishop Absalon of Lund wins a naval victory over Bogislav, duke of Pomerania.
 Streets of Paris paved by order of Philip Augustus.
 Second Battle of Uji
 Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur — third Almohad Caliph
 Papal bull ad aboldendam issued against several European heretical groups: the Cathars, the Waldensians, the Patarines and the Humiliati. It was created after a landmark meeting between the Holy Roman Empire under Frederick Barbarossa and the Roman Church under Pope Lucius III.

 Births 
 April 11 — William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (d. 1213)
 Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (approximate date; d. 1241)
 Saadi, Iranian poet (d. 1291)

 Deaths 
 February 16 — Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury
 March 27 — Giorgi III, king of Georgia
 June 15 — Magnus Erlingsson, king of Norway (b. 1156)
 July 29 — Yusuf I, Almohad Caliph

 Heads of states 
 England — Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154–1189).
 France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180–1223).

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