Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s
Years: 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 - 1180 - 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185
Events
- April 13 - Frederick Barbarossa issues the Gelnhausen Charter
- April 28 - Philip II of France marries Isabella of Hainault
- November 18 - Philip II becomes king of France
- Afonso I of Portugal is taken prisoner by Ferdinand II of Leon
- Alexander Neckam becomes a lecturer in Paris, and writes De Natura Rerum, an early mention of chess (approximate date)
- Artois is annexed by France
- Frederick Barbarossa removes Henry the Lion from the Duchy of Saxony, and created the Duchies of Westphalia and Styria
- The Wittelsbach family takes control of Bavaria
- Menden, Germany, becomes a territory of Cologne
- Petting, Germany, comes under the control of the St. Zeno monastery
- Minnesingers first appear in Germany (approximate date)
- Kilij Arslan II allies with Saladin after the death of Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus
- Alexius II Comnenus becomes Byzantine emperor
- William of Tyre returns to the Kingdom of Jerusalem after attending the Third Council of the Lateran
- Sibylla of Jerusalem marries Guy of Lusignan
- End of the reign of Emperor Takakura of Japan
- Emperor Antoku ascends to the throne of Japan