1182

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1150s  1160s  1170s  – 1180s –  1190s  1200s  1210s
Years:	1179 1180 1181 – 1182 – 1183 1184 1185

Events

• Canute VI crowned king of Denmark.
• Serbia allies itself with Hungary to gain independence.
• First Sejm, or Polish Parliament, convenes at Łęczyca.
• Jews expelled from Paris by Philip II of France.
• Maronites reestablish their affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church.
• Venetians massacred during a riot in Constantinople.
• Raynald of Chatillon instigates another war between Saladin and Baldwin IV of Jerusalem.
• Béla III of Hungary sacks the city of Belgrade.
• Ending of the Yowa era in Japan. The era was marked by famine.
• Battle of Palnadu

Births

• September 11 — Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
• date not known — Francis of Assisi, founded the Franciscan Order (d. 1226)

Deaths

• Maria of Antioch, Byzantine empress (murdered) (b. 1145)
• Valdemar I, King of Denmark (b. 1131)
• Yaropolk Rostislavich, Russian grand prince
• Cyril of Turaw, Orthodox Christian bishop and saint (b. 1130)
• Ahmed Ar-Rifai, Sufi saint and founder of the Rifai Order (b.1118)