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==== Europe ====
* [[June 30]] &ndash; Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]] ('''Barbarossa''') is crowned [[List of kings of Burgundy|King of Burgundy]] at [[Arles]]. He will repeat the ceremony in [[1186]]. Returning to [[Germany]], he begins proceedings against [[Henry the Lion|Henry III]] ('''the Lion'''), duke of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], who has been charged by Saxon noblemen with breaking the king's peace. 
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[Saracen]] pirates, from the [[Balearic Islands]], raid the [[Cistercians|Cistercian]] [[Lérins Abbey|monastery of Saint Honorat]] on the [[Lérins Islands]], and the city of [[Toulon]], killing an estimated 300 and taking captives. The surviving captives are freed from the [[Balearic Islands]] in [[1185]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Pays d'Islam et monde latin, Xe-XIIIe siècle: textes et documents|publisher=Presses Universitaires de Lyon|location=Lyon|author=Unité mixte de recherche 5648--Histoire et archéologie des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux}}</ref>
* King [[George III of Georgia|George III]] defeats a nobles' revolt and proclaims his 18-year-old daughter [[Tamar of Georgia|Tamar]] ('''the Great''') as co-ruler of [[Kingdom of Georgia|Georgia]].
* [[Orio Mastropiero]] is elected by the [[Council of Forty]] as doge of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]], following the retirement of [[Sebastiano Ziani]].
* Portuguese forces under King [[Afonso I of Portugal|Afonso I]] ('''the Conqueror''') capture the city of [[Beja (Portugal)|Beja]] from the [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohads]].<ref name="lameretlesmusulmans78">Picard C. (1997). ''La mer et les musulmans d'Occident au Moyen Age''. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, p. 78.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[August 17]] &ndash; A [[Battle of Hama (1178)|battle]] occurs as a Latin force raids the vicinity of [[Hama]], [[Syria]].