1179

{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1176 1177 1178 - 1179 - 1180 1181 1182 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
11th century - 12th century - 13th century |} Events * Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heresy, institutes a reformation of clerical life, and creates the first "ghettos" for Jews * Afonso I of Portugal is recognized as the true King of Portugal by Pope Alexander III, bringing Portugal the protection of the Catholic Church against the Castille monarchy * Philip II of France is crowned King of France * Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion * Westminster School founded on the grounds of Westminster Abbey Births * Shimazu Tadahisa, the first of Shimazu clan and Japanese warlord * Yaqut al-Hamawi, Arab geographer * Hermann of Salza, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Deaths * September 17 - Hildegard of Bingen, German abbess, author, and composer of music. 1179

1170s

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