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{{Year nav|1181}} {{Year in various calendars|1181}} {{Year article header|1181}} == Events == * [[Jayavarman VII]] defeats the [[Cham people|Cham]] and assumes control of the [[Khmer Empire|Khmer kingdom]]. * The word [[Albigensians]] first used by chronicler [[Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois]] to describe the inhabitants of [[Albi]], [[France]]. * [[September 1]] — [[Pope Lucius III]] succeeds [[Pope Alexander III]] as the 171st [[pope]]. * Chinese and Japanese astronomers observe what has since come to be understood as a [[supernova]]. One of only eight supernovae in the [[Milky Way]] observed in recorded history, it appeared in the [[constellation]] [[Cassiopeia (constellation)|Cassiopeia]] and was visible in the night sky for about 185 days. The radio source [[3C58]] is thought to be the remnant from this event. * Beginning of the [[Yowa]] era in [[Japan]]. The era is marked by [[famine]]. == Births == * Saint [[Francis of Assisi]], Italian founder of the Franciscan Order (died [[1226]]) * [[Teresa of Portugal (1181-1250)|Saint Teresa of Portugal]] * [[Jayavarman VII]], king of the Khmer (died [[1219]]) == Deaths == * [[January 30]] — [[Emperor Takakura]] of Japan (b. [[1161]]) * [[March 17]] — [[Henry I of Champagne]] * [[June 30]] — [[Hugh de Kevelioc, 3rd Earl of Chester]], English politician (b. [[1147]]) * [[August 30]] — [[Pope Alexander III]] (b. c. [[1100]]–[[1105]]) * [[Taira no Kiyomori]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1118]]) * [[As-Salih Ismail al-Malik]], ruler of Syria (b. [[1163]]) [[Category:1181| ]]