1180

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s
Years:	1177 1178 1179 – 1180 – 1181 1182 1183

1180 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Art and literature
1180 in poetry

Events

April 13—Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter.
September 24 – Alexius II Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor.
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 succeeds Emperor Takakura as emperor of Japan.
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 the Taira and Minamoto clans.
Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry the Lion from the Duchy of Saxony, and creates the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria.
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.[1]
The last major volcanic eruption occurs of Sunset Crater, in Arizona.