1179
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 11th century · 12th century · 13th century |
Decades: | 1140s · 1150s · 1160s · 1170s · 1180s · 1190s · 1200s |
Years: | 1176 · 1177 · 1178 · 1179 · 1180 · 1181 · 1182 |
1179 by topic | |
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1179 in poetry | |
Gregorian calendar | 1179 MCLXXIX |
Ab urbe condita | 1932 |
Armenian calendar | 628 ԹՎ ՈԻԸ |
Assyrian calendar | 5929 |
Bengali calendar | 586 |
Berber calendar | 2129 |
English Regnal year | 25 Hen. 2 – 26 Hen. 2 |
Buddhist calendar | 1723 |
Burmese calendar | 541 |
Byzantine calendar | 6687–6688 |
Chinese calendar | 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3875 or 3815 — to — 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 3876 or 3816 |
Coptic calendar | 895–896 |
Discordian calendar | 2345 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1171–1172 |
Hebrew calendar | 4939–4940 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1235–1236 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1100–1101 |
- Kali Yuga | 4279–4280 |
Holocene calendar | 11179 |
Igbo calendar | 179–180 |
Iranian calendar | 557–558 |
Islamic calendar | 574–575 |
Japanese calendar | Jishō 3 (治承3年) |
Javanese calendar | 1086–1087 |
Julian calendar | 1179 MCLXXIX |
Korean calendar | 3512 |
Minguo calendar | 733 before ROC 民前733年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −289 |
Seleucid era | 1490/1491 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 1721–1722 |
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Year 1179 (MCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Middle East
- 23–30 August – Battle of Jacob's Ford , Syria
Saladin destroys the still in construction Castle of Chastellet at Jacob's Ford, killing 700 knights and taking 800 civilians captive.
America
- The Maya city of Chichen Itza is sacked and burned by Hunac Ceel, the Mayapan king.
Europe
- June 19 – Battle of Kalvskinnet (outside Nidaros, Norway): Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- Afonso I is recognized as King of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, bringing Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Leonese monarchy.
- November 1 – Philip II is crowned King of France. He assumes his office, however, in the next year, following the death of his father Louis VII.
- The city of Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion.
- Large offensive by the Almohad army in southern Portugal aiming at the reconquest of the Alentejo.[1] Further north, a fleet led by Abd Allah b. Ishaq b. Jami is sailing to attack Lisbon but is repelled by the Portuguese admiral D. Fuas Roupinho near the Cape Espichel.[1] The Portuguese admiral later manages to enter in the harbor of Ceuta and destroy a number of Muslim ships. It is the beginning of a four-year naval conflict between Almohads and Portuguese.
By topic
Religion
- The Third Council of the Lateran condemns Waldensians and Cathars as heretics, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first "ghettos" for Jews. It also rules that the Pope must receive 2/3 of the cardinals' votes to be elected.
- Westminster School is founded by the monks of Westminster Abbey (by papal command) in England.
- The Drigung Kagyu school of Kagyu Buddhism is founded.
Births
- John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut (approximate date; d. 1236)
- Michael of Chernigov (approximate date; d. 1246)
- Shimazu Tadahisa, warlord of the Shimazu clan of Japan (d. 1227)
- William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (d. 1221)
- Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer (d. 1229)
Deaths
- September 17 – Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, mystic writer, and composer (b. 1098)
- Taira no Shigemori, Japanese rebel (b. 1138)
References
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