1183

Events

 * Three-year old ascends to the throne of  after the forced abdication of his brother  during the.
 * — and the  clan take the young  and the  and flee to western  to escape pursuit by the  clan. (Traditional : Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of ).
 * excommunicated by the newly appointed, firmly ending their struggle for power.
 * becomes the.
 * First written account of a sport resembling, by.
 * The is waged between the  and the, in which   refused to fight.
 * The is waged between the  and the, in which   refused to fight.

Deaths

 * —, son of (b. )
 * July —, Byzantine princess, by poison (b. )
 * October —, (b. )
 * — (b. )
 * (the Caesar John), Italian husband of Maria Comnena, by poison (b. )

1183 in Fiction
The fictitious events of the play and later movies take place in 1183.