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Calendar overview 1185

January
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
1		1	2	3	4th	5	6th
2	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13
3	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
4th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27
5	28	29	30th	31

February
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
5					1	2	3
6th	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
7th	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
8th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
9	25th	26th	27	28

March
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
9					1	2	3
10	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
11	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
12	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
13	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31

April
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
14th	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
15th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
16	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
17th	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28
18th	29	30th

May
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
18th			1	2	3	4th	5
19th	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12
20th	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th
21st	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th
22nd	27	28	29	30th	31

June
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
22nd						1	2
23	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
24	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
25th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23
26th	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th

July
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
27	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
28	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th
29	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
30th	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28
31	29	30th	31

August
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
31				1	2	3	4th
32	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
33	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th
34	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th
35	26th	27	28	29	30th	31

September
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
35							1
36	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
37	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
38	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
39	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29
40	30th

October
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
40		1	2	3	4th	5	6th
41	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13
42	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
43	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27
44	28	29	30th	31

November
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
44					1	2	3
45	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
46	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
47	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24
48	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th

December
Kw	Mon	Tuesday	Wed	do	Fr.	Sat	So
48							1
49	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
50	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
51	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
52	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29
1	30th	31

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1185
The Gempei War ends with the sea battle of Dan-no-ura .
Tamar of Georgia founds the rock city of Vardsia .	Sancho I ascends the throne of Portugal .
1185 in other calendars
Armenian calendar	633/634 (turn of the year July)
Ethiopian calendar	1177/78
Buddhist calendar	1728/29 (southern Buddhism); 1727/28 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana )
Chinese calendar	64th (65th) cycle Year of the wood snake乙巳 ( at the beginning of the year wood dragon 甲辰)
Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam)	547/548 (turn of the year April)
Iranian calendar	563/564
Islamic calendar	580/581 (turn of the year April 3rd / 4th)
Jewish calendar	4945/46 (August 28-29)
Coptic calendar	901/902
Malayalam calendar	360/361
Seleucid era	Babylon: 1495/96 (turn of the year April) Syria: 1496/97 (turn of the year October)
Spanish era	1223
Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar)	1241/42 (turn of the year April)

Events

Politics and world events

Japan

After a long series of defeats, the Taira clan retreats to Yashima on the Shikoku coast on the Seto Inland Sea . Here they have a fortress and an improvised palace for the underage Emperor Antoku and the throne insignia of Japan that they were able to take into their possession earlier in the year. Minamoto no Yoshitsune arrives in Shikoku with a small force of only about 100 men. Most of his ships have been destroyed or lost in a storm. However, he is being supplied with supplies by an ally, Kajiwara Kagetoki . As the Taira anticipate a sea attack, Minamoto no Yoshitsune has a fire lit in the rear of the enemy to make the Taira believe that a large force is approaching from the land. They give up the fortress and palace and withdraw with the emperor and the throne regalia on their ships.
March 22 : The Minamoto samurai family triumphs in the Battle of Yashima , but the majority of the Taira escape to Dan-no-ura by ship.

April 25 : With the decisive victory of the Minamoto over the Taira in the sea battle of Dan-no-ura , the Gempei War in Japan , which is now firmly in the hands of the Minamoto, ends . Emperor Antoku drowns, the imperial sword, one of the three imperial regalia of Japan, sinks in the sea.

The Kamakura period ( Kamakura shogunate ) in Japan begins. Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes the most powerful man in the state, but comes into conflict with his younger brother Minamoto no Yoshitsune. Despite several oaths of loyalty to his brother, Yoshitsune is sentenced to death on October 9th .

Byzantine Empire / Normans in southern Italy

Electron coin, Isaac II. Angelus

September 12 : . Isaac II Angelos is after the death of Andronikos I. emperor of the Byzantine Empire levied.

Tankred of Lecce is in command of the Norman fleet against Byzantium.

Other events in Europe

December 6th : In Portugal , King Sancho I ascends the throne after the death of his father Alfons I.
December 10th : The army of Ottokar I. Přemysl , Duke of Bohemia , defeats the troops of Konrad III. Otto , Margrave of Moravia , at the Battle of Loděnice .

Queen Tamar of Georgia founds the rock city of Vardsia .
Campaign of Prince Igor Swjatoslawitsch of Novgorod-Seversk , which in Igor's described

First documentary mentions

First documentary mention of Arni , Birrwil , Büren an der Aare , Ehningen , Erlach , Gals , Islisberg , Kappel am Albis , Kirchlindach , Luzein , Menznau , Mitterteich , Müntschemier , Neustadt , Rüti near Büren , Twann , Villmergen , Vlotho , Wilnsdorf and Wynigen

Culture and religion

November 25th : Uberto Crivelli, Archbishop of Milan since January 9th , is elected Pope . He takes the name Urban III. and will be crowned on December 1st . As a member of a Milanese family, like most Lombards, he is in opposition to Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa.

Start of construction on Temple Church ( Templar Church ) in London (completed in 1240 )

The Avignon bridge will be completed in a construction period of eight years .

After 12 years of construction, the campanile for Pisa Cathedral, which has grown to three floors, begins to tilt . The construction work in Pisa then rested for around 100 years.