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== Timeline of 1180 ==
 
== Timeline of 1180 ==
* 1180/2 [[Owada no tomari|Ôwada no tomari]] is constructed in what is now [[Kobe]] harbor.
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* 1180/2 [[Hyogo no tsu|Ôwada no tomari]] is constructed in what is now [[Kobe]] harbor.
 
* 1180/4/22 [[Taira no Kiyomori]] names his 2-year old grandson [[Emperor Antoku|Antoku]] titular emperor after [[Emperor Takakura]] abdicates.
 
* 1180/4/22 [[Taira no Kiyomori]] names his 2-year old grandson [[Emperor Antoku|Antoku]] titular emperor after [[Emperor Takakura]] abdicates.
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* 1180/4/29? A whirlwind strikes Kyoto, destroying many homes.<ref>The ''[[Hojoki|Hôjôki]]'' gives this as a rough date. "... the fourth month and about the twenty-ninth day..." (A.L. Sadler. ''The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike''. Charles E. Tuttle Company, printing/year unknown. p3.)</ref>
 
* 1180/6/2 The seat of Imperial power is moved to [[Fukuhara]], as the result of pressure by Taira no Kiyomori.
 
* 1180/6/2 The seat of Imperial power is moved to [[Fukuhara]], as the result of pressure by Taira no Kiyomori.
 
* 1180/11 The Imperial capital is moved back to [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]] (Kyoto) from Fukuhara.
 
* 1180/11 The Imperial capital is moved back to [[Heian-kyo|Heian-kyô]] (Kyoto) from Fukuhara.
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* 1180/4/9 Imperial [[Prince Mochihito]] issues a call to arms against the Taira. The Gempei War begins.  
 
* 1180/4/9 Imperial [[Prince Mochihito]] issues a call to arms against the Taira. The Gempei War begins.  
 
* 1180/5/26 [[Minamoto no Yorimasa]] and the [[sohei|warrior monks]] of [[Mt. Hiei]] are defeated at [[Uji Bridge]] by [[Taira no Tomomori]] and [[Taira no Shigehira|Shigehira]] ([[First Battle of Uji]]).  
 
* 1180/5/26 [[Minamoto no Yorimasa]] and the [[sohei|warrior monks]] of [[Mt. Hiei]] are defeated at [[Uji Bridge]] by [[Taira no Tomomori]] and [[Taira no Shigehira|Shigehira]] ([[First Battle of Uji]]).  
* 1180/8/17 [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] declares war on the Taira and raises troops in the Kantô. He attacks and kills [[Taira no Kanetaka]], but is ultimately defeated in the [[Battle of Ishibashiyama]] and is forced to flee.
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* 1180/8/17 [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] declares war on the Taira and raises troops in the Kantô. He attacks and kills [[Taira no Kanetaka]].
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* 1180/8/23 Yoritomo is defeated in the [[Battle of Ishibashiyama]] and is forced to flee.
 
* 1180/9 Yoritomo joins up with [[Kiso no Yoshinaka]].
 
* 1180/9 Yoritomo joins up with [[Kiso no Yoshinaka]].
* 1180/10 Yoritomo is defeated by [[Taira no Koremori]] in the [[battle of Fujigawa]] and is forced to flee.
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* 1180/9/7 Yoshinaka raises troops.
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* 1180/10/20 The [[battle of Fujigawa]] ends in the retreat of [[Taira no Koremori]] and his forces.
 
* 1180/10/21 Yoritomo meets [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] at the Kiso river.
 
* 1180/10/21 Yoritomo meets [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]] at the Kiso river.
* 1180/12 Taira no Shigehira burns down the [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]].
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* 1180/11/7 A new Taira force travels east.
* 1180/12/28 Taira no Tomomori burns down the [[Kofuku-ji|Kôfuku-ji]].
 
  
 
==Other Events of 1180==
 
==Other Events of 1180==
 
* Japanese dictionary "[[Iroha Jirui Sho]]" 3 volumes completed.
 
* Japanese dictionary "[[Iroha Jirui Sho]]" 3 volumes completed.
  
===Births and Deaths of 1180===
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===Births and Deaths===
 
* Taira no Kanetaka is killed by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
 
* Taira no Kanetaka is killed by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
 
* Minamoto no Yorimasa commits suicide at the battle of Uji.
 
* Minamoto no Yorimasa commits suicide at the battle of Uji.
 
* Prince Mochihito flees from the battle of Uji, but is captured and beheaded by the Taira.
 
* Prince Mochihito flees from the battle of Uji, but is captured and beheaded by the Taira.
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==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 12:30, 29 November 2015

Jishô 4 (治承四年)

Timeline of 1180

Gempei War (1180-1185)

Other Events of 1180

Births and Deaths

  • Taira no Kanetaka is killed by Minamoto no Yoritomo.
  • Minamoto no Yorimasa commits suicide at the battle of Uji.
  • Prince Mochihito flees from the battle of Uji, but is captured and beheaded by the Taira.

Notes

  1. The Hôjôki gives this as a rough date. "... the fourth month and about the twenty-ninth day..." (A.L. Sadler. The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike. Charles E. Tuttle Company, printing/year unknown. p3.)
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