1178
Year 1178 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.Events
By area
Europe
Art and science
Births
December 22 - Emperor Antoku of Japan Armand de Périgord, Grand Master of the Knights Templar Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian and politician Theresa of Portugal, Queen of León Thomas I of Savoy, Count of Savoy Wei Liaoweng, Chinese scholar, philosopher and politician Wuzhun Shifan, Chinese Zen Buddhist monkDeaths
February 17 - Evermode of Ratzeburg, bishop of Ratzeburg May 27 - Godfrey van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht Kristin Sigurdsdatter, Norwegian princess