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{{Year nav|1180}} {{Year in various calendars|1180}} {{Year article header|1180}} == Events == * [[April 13]] – [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]] issues the [[Gelnhausen Charter]] * [[November 18]] – [[Philip II of France|Philip II]] becomes King of [[France]] * During the third year of the [[Jisho]] era of Japan, a devastating [[whirlwind]] damages [[Kyoto]]. * [[Emperor Antoku]], reign of 81st emperor of [[Japan]] starts (1180-1185)<ref>Clement, Ernest Wilson. (1915). [https://books.google.com/books?id=PuEMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA43 ''A Short History of Japan,'' p. 43]; compare [[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''), [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/seido/seido06-ph.html Ceremony of Accession (''Sokui-no-Rei'')]; retrieved 2012-10-7.</ref> * [[Afonso I of Portugal]] is taken prisoner by [[Ferdinand II of Leon]] * [[Artois]] is annexed by [[France]] * [[Prince Mochihito]] amasses a large army and instigates the [[Genpei War]] between [[Taira]] and [[Minamoto]] clans * Frederick Barbarossa removes [[Henry the Lion]] from the [[Duchy of Saxony]], and created the Duchies of [[Westphalia]] and [[Styria (duchy)|Styria]] * [[Alexius II Comnenus]] becomes [[Byzantine emperor]] * The [[Wittelsbach]] family takes control of [[Bavaria]] * [[Kilij Arslan II]] allies with [[Saladin]] after the death of [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Manuel I Comnenus]] * [[Alexander Neckam]] becomes a lecturer in [[Paris]], and writes ''De Natura Rerum'', an early mention of [[chess]] (approximate date) * Estimation: [[Hangzhou]], capital of [[Southern Song Dynasty|Southern Song]] [[China]] becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from [[Fes, Morocco|Fes]] in the [[Almohad|Almohad Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|title=Largest Cities Through History|author=Matt T. Rosenberg|publisher=About.com|access-date=12 April 2012|archive-date=14 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714185311/http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm|url-sta