1179

Calendar overview 1179

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1179
Pope Alexander III recognizes the Kingdom of Portugal with the bull Manifestis probatum .
1179 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	627/628 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	1171/72
Buddhist calendar	1722/23 (southern Buddhism); 1721/22 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	64th (65th) cycle Year of the Earth-Pig己亥 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Dog 戊戌)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	541/542 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	557/558
Islamic calendar	574/575 (June 7/8)
Jewish calendar	4939/40 (2/3 September)
Coptic calendar	895/896
Malayalam calendar	354/355
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1489/90 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1490/91 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	1217
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	1235/36 (turn of the year April)

Events

August 24th to 30th : The Ayyubids under Saladin defeat the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Knights Templar in the battle of Jacob's ford . The crusader castle Chastellet , which is just under construction , will be destroyed down to the foundation walls.

March 5 : The Third Lateran Council is held in the presence of about 300 bishops by Pope Alexander III. opened: In the Roman Church this council is the 11th ecumenical council . In addition to some representatives from the Latin East , an envoy from the Greek Church is also present. The council was preceded by a schism that lasted for decades .
After three meetings on March 5, 14 and 19, 27 canons are passed: Among other things, a two-thirds majority of the cardinals is set as the quorum for the papal election , and the appointments are made by the opposing popes Victor IV and Calixt III. canceled.
September 29th : Lando von Sezze is named Innocent III. Antipope to Pope Alexander III. His pontificate is not very important because Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa , whose conflict with Alexander III. which has nurtured over twenty years of schism , the legitimacy of the pontificate of Alexander III. already recognized in the peace treaty of Venice in 1177.

Theodosios I Barradiotes becomes Patriarch of Constantinople .
Konrad I von Geroldseck becomes Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg after the death of Rudolf von Rothweil .

January 31 : Frederick I , Bishop of Prague (* around 1117 )
April 22nd : Humfried II of Toron , vassal and official of the Kingdom of Jerusalem (* 1117 )

September 17th : Hildegard von Bingen , mystic; Author of theological and medical works; Composer of sacred songs (* 1098 )
December 11 : David von Himmerod , Italian-German monk and mystic (* around 1100 )

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