| 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 | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Births – Deaths – Works | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1179 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1179 MCLXXIX
|
| Ab urbe condita | 1932 |
| Armenian calendar | 628 ԹՎ ՈԻԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -665 – -664 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1723 |
| Coptic calendar | 895 – 896 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1171 – 1172 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4939 – 4940 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1234 – 1235 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1101 – 1102 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4280 – 4281 |
| Holocene calendar | 11179 |
| Iranian calendar | 557 – 558 |
| Islamic calendar | 574 – 575 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 1839 (皇紀1839年) |
| Julian calendar | 1224 |
| Korean calendar | 3512 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1722 |
Events[]
- June 19 — The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars.
- 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 founded.
Births[]
- John of Ibelin (approximate date; d. 1236)
- Mikhail of Kiev (approximate date; d. 1246)
- Hermann von Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (approximate date; d. 1239)
- 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)
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People of the year 1179 at Familypedia
7 people were born in 1179
11 children were born to the 4 women born in 1179
9 people died in 1179
987 people lived in 1179
Events of the year 1179 at Familypedia
5 people were married in 1179.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Ferdinand II, King of León (1137-1188) | Urraca of Portugal (1151-1188)+Teresa Fernández de Traba (-1180)+Urraca López de Haro (c1160-c1230) |
| Prebrana Mikhailovna of Vladimir (c1170-c1230) | Vladimir Svyatoslavich of Novgorod (c1158-1200) |
| Vladimir Svyatoslavich of Novgorod (c1158-1200) | Prebrana Mikhailovna of Vladimir (c1170-c1230) |
| Béatrice d'Albon (c1161-1228) | Albéric Taillefer de Toulouse (c1157-1183)+Hugues III de Bourgogne (1148-1192)+Hugues I de Coligny (c1170-1205) |
| Roux de Castellane (1157-1216) | Orabis Unknown (1160-?) |
There were 0 military battles in 1179.