1182

By area

Asia

Japan

• May - The Yowa era, marked by famine, ends in Japan.

  India

• Approximate date - Battle of Palnadu: The Kalachuri civil war ends in victory for the Palanati Kalachuris and their leader, Nalagama Raju.

  Mongolia

• Genghis Khan is captured and carried in a cage to a rival's camp.

  Europe

• April
• * The Massacre of the Latins occurs in Constantinople.
• * The Jews are expelled from Paris by Philip II of France.
• May - Béla III of Hungary sacks the city of Belgrade.
• May 12 - Canute VI becomes king of Denmark on the death of his father Valdemar.
• September 14 - Legend of Nazaré: Dom Fuas Roupinho, alcalde of Porto de Mós, is inspired by a Marian miracle to erect the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazaré overlooking Nazaré, Portugal. Later this year while trying to enter by surprise the harbor of Ceuta to sink Muslim ships he is spotted and killed.
• Serbia allies itself with Hungary to gain independence.
• A Sicilian attempt to dislodge the Moorish fleet from Majorca fails.

  By topic

Religion

• The Maronite Church reestablishes its affiliation with the Roman Catholic Church.

  Births

• September 11 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun
• Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order
• Alice of Vergy, duchess regent of Burgundy
• date unknown - Jochi, military leader, eldest son of Genghis Khan

  Deaths

• May 12 - King Valdemar I of Denmark
• May 16 - John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general
• Maria of Antioch, Byzantine empress regent
• Yaropolk Rostislavich, Russian Grand Prince
• Cyril of Turaw, Orthodox Christian bishop and saint