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1181

Years: 1178 1179 1180 - 1181 - 1182 1183 1184

Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom.
• The word Albigensians first used by chronicler Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois to describe the inhabitants of Albi, France.
• September 1 - Lucius III becomes pope.

Births

• St. Francis of Assisi

Deaths

• August 3 - Pope Alexander III
• Emperor Takakura of Japan
• Taira no Kiyomori

Heads of states

• England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).