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World History Timeline - 1180
King Louis VII of France dies in 1180 and is succeeded by his son, Phillip II Augustus, who was crowned at the coronation cathedral of Rheims a year earlier.
Japan's ruling family, the Taira, faces serious challenges to its authority when two revolts-one led by an imperial prince and the other by Yorimasa Minamoto-are led against it.
Jews are banished from France in 1182.
Poet Saigyo-hosi writes Senzaishu. Saigyo-hosi had left his wife and family at age 23 to become a priest and wander around Japan. He is known for his short poems of 31 syllables, tanka.
Cyprus achieves her independence from the Byzantine Empire in 1184.
Pope Lucius III excommunicates Peter Waldo, the leader of the growing Waldensian movement, in 1184.
In 1184, Canterbury Cathedral reopens after a five-year rebuilding campaign headed by William of Sens.
Shoguns (generals) assume power in Japan, rendering Emperors puppets until the second half of the 19th century. The coming centuries witness many civil wars between the daimyo, or feudal barons.
In 1185, boyars Peter and John Asen begin an insurrection against the Byzantine Empire that will ultimately achieve an independent Bulgaria. The price, however, is many lives and the destruction of much property.
In 1187, Sultan Saladin destroys a small group of Knights Hospitalers and Templars, crushes a Christian army at the Battle of Hittin, and takes Jerusalem in retaliation for an attack on a caravan.
Henry II, King of England, dies in 1189 at Chinon, France. His son, Richard the Lionheart (Coeur de Lion), succeeds him. Although King for 10 years, Richard spends only one in England.
In 1189, the Third Crusade begins with the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, in the lead.
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