1179

Decades: 1120s 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s - 1170s - 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s

Years: 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 - 1179 - 1180 1181 1182 1183 1184

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Third Council of the Lateran condemned Waldensians and Cathars as heretics; reformation of clerical life

Births

• Snorri Sturlusson (Icelandic historian and author of the Younger Edda)

Deaths

• England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
• France - Louis VII, King of France (reigned 1137 - 1180).