1178
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century · 12th century · 13th century |
| Decades: | 1140s · 1150s · 1160s · 1170s · 1180s · 1190s · 1200s |
| Years: | 1175 · 1176 · 1177 · 1178 · 1179 · 1180 · 1181 |
| 1178 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
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| Art and literature | |
| 1178 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1178 MCLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1931 |
| Armenian calendar | 627 ԹՎ ՈԻԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5928 |
| Bengali calendar | 585 |
| Berber calendar | 2128 |
| English Regnal year | 24 Hen. 2 – 25 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1722 |
| Burmese calendar | 540 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6686–6687 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 3874 or 3814 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 3875 or 3815 |
| Coptic calendar | 894–895 |
| Discordian calendar | 2344 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1170–1171 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4938–4939 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1234–1235 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1099–1100 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4278–4279 |
| Holocene calendar | 11178 |
| Igbo calendar | 178–179 |
| Iranian calendar | 556–557 |
| Islamic calendar | 573–574 |
| Japanese calendar | Jishō 2 (治承２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1085–1086 |
| Julian calendar | 1178 MCLXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3511 |
| Minguo calendar | 734 before ROC 民前734年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −290 |
| Seleucid era | 1489/1490 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1720–1721 |
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Year 1178 (MCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Europe
- July 17 – Provence: Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat on the Lérins Islands and the city of Toulon killing an estimated 300 and taking captives. The surviving captives are free from the Balearic Islands in 1185.[1]
- George III of Georgia defeats a noble revolt and proclaims his daughter Tamar coregent.
- The Portuguese troops conquer Beja from the Almohads.[2]
By topic
Art and science
- June 18 – Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed.
- The Sung Document is written, detailing the discovery of "Mu-Lan-Pi" (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors.
- The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury is written.
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to lean as the third level is completed.
Births
- Armand de Périgord, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (d. c. 1247)
- Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian and politician (d. 1241)
- Thomas I of Savoy (d. 1233), Count of Savoy
- Wuzhun Shifan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1249)
Deaths
- February 17 – Evermode of Ratzeburg, bishop of Ratzeburg
- May 27 – Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht
References
- ↑ Unité mixte de recherche 5648--Histoire et archéologie des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux. Pays d'Islam et monde latin, Xe-XIIIe siècle: textes et documents. Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon.
- ↑ Picard C. (1997) La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, p.78
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