1178

Events

 * — Five monks see what was possibly the  being formed
 * The written detailing the discovery of "" (suggested by some to be ) by  sailors
 * The Chronicle of written
 * The begins to lean as the third level is completed
 * The sack the  capital near

Births

 * — of Japan (d. )
 * , (d. c. )
 * , Icelandic historian and politician (d. )
 * (d. )
 * , Chinese Zen Buddhist monk (d. )

Deaths

 * , bishop of