Editing 1181 (section)

=== Europe ===
* King [[Philip II of France|Philip II]] ('''Augustus''') annuls all loans made by [[Jews]] to Christians, and takes a percentage for himself. A year later, he confiscates all Jewish property and expels the Jews from [[Paris]].<ref name=Baldwin2006>{{cite book|last=Baldwin|first=John|title=Paris 1200|year=2006|publisher=Aubier|location=Paris|page=75}}</ref>
* Philip II begins a war against [[Philip I, Count of Flanders|Philip of Alsace]], count of [[County of Flanders|Flanders]], over the [[Vermandois]]. He claims the territory for his wife [[Isabella of Hainault]] as her dowry. Philip is unwilling to give it up.<ref>Bradbury, Jim. (1997). ''Philip Augustus: King of France 1180–1223'', p. 245. The Medieval World (1st ed.). Routledge. {{ISBN|978-0-582-06059-3}}.</ref>
* [[Henry the Lion]], duke of [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxony]], submits to Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]] ('''Barbarossa''') at an [[Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Diet]] in [[Erfurt]]. He is banished to [[Kingdom of England|England]] and retains only [[County of Brunswick|Brunswick]] among his former lands.<ref>Williams, Hywel (2005). ''Cassell's Chronology of World History'', p. 128. {{ISBN|0-304-35730-8}}.</ref>
* King [[Béla III of Hungary|Béla III]] of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Croatia in union with Hungary|Croatia]] goes to war with [[Republic of Venice|Venice]] in an effort to recover [[Dalmatia]]. The city of [[Zadar]] (located on the [[Adriatic Sea]]) [[Byzantine–Hungarian War (1180–1185)|accepts]] Béla's suzerainty.<ref>Stephenson, Paul (2000). ''Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204'', p. 281. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-521-02756-4}}.</ref>
* After a series of defeats, the [[Almohad Caliphate|Almohad]] fleet under the admiral Ahmad al-Siqilli, crushes the Portuguese navy and reasserts its control over the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Picard|first=Christophe|title=La mer et les musulmans d'Occident VIIIe-XIIIe siècle|year=1997|publisher=Presses Universitaires de France|location=Paris}}</ref> 
* The word [[Catharism|Albigensians]] is first used by [[Geoffroy du Breuil|Geoffroy du Breuil of Vigeois]], French [[abbot]] and chronicler, to describe the inhabitants of [[Albi]] in southern [[France]].

==== Britain ====
* King [[Henry II of England|Henry II]] removes [[Hugh de Lacy, Lord of Meath|Hugh de Lacy]], lord of [[Kingdom of Meath|Meath]], from his position as procurator of [[Ireland]], possibly because of his having married the daughter of High King [[Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair]].

==== Levant ====
* Summer &ndash; [[Raynald of Châtillon]], lord of [[Oultrejordain]], raids [[Saladin]]'s territory, reaching as far as [[Tabuk, Saudi Arabia|Tabuk]] (modern [[Saudi Arabia]]) on the route between [[Damascus]] and [[Mecca]]. In November, Saladin sends an expedition under his nephew, [[Farrukh Shah]], who invades Oultrejordain. Raynald of Châtillon is forced to withdraw home. Saladin complains to King [[Baldwin IV of Jerusalem]] ('''the Leper''') for breaking the treaty (see [[1180]]) and demands compensation.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 351. {{ISBN|978-0241-29876-3}}.</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Taira no Kiyomori]], Japanese military leader and dictator, dies at [[Kyoto]]. He established the first [[samurai]]-dominated administrative government in [[Japan]].
* [[Jayavarman VII]] defeats the [[Chams]] and assumes control over the [[Khmer Empire]] (modern [[Cambodia]]). 
* The [[Yōwa]] era is marked by [[famine]] in Japan, during the period from July 1181 through May [[1182]].