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| Centuries: | 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
| Decades: | 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s |
| Years: | 1175 1176 1177 - 1178 - 1179 1180 1181 |
| 1178 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments - Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1178 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1178 MCLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1931 |
| Armenian calendar | 627 ԹՎ ՈԻԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -666 – -665 |
| Berber calendar | 2128 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1722 |
| Burmese calendar | 540 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6686 – 6687 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁酉年十二月十一日 (3814/3874-12-11) — to —
戊戌年十一月廿一日(3815/3875-11-21) |
| Coptic calendar | 894 – 895 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1170 – 1171 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4938 – 4939 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1233 – 1234 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1100 – 1101 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4279 – 4280 |
| Holocene calendar | 11178 |
| Iranian calendar | 556 – 557 |
| Islamic calendar | 573 – 574 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3511 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1721 |
Events
- June 18 — Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed.
- The Sung Document is written, detailing the discovery of "Mu-Lan-Pi" (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors.
- The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury is written.
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to lean as the third level is completed.
- The Cham sack the Khmer capital near Angkor Wat.
- George III of Georgia defeats a noble revolt and proclaims his daughter Tamar coregent.
Births
- December 22 — Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
- Armand de Périgord, Grand Master of the Knights Templar (d. c. 1247)
- Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian and politician (d. 1241)
- Thomas I of Savoy (d. 1233)
- Wuzhun Shifan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. 1249)
Deaths
