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== Timeline of 1185 ==
== Timeline of 1185 ==
* 1185/8 Official celebration for the completion of repairs to the [[Todai-ji|Tôdai-ji]] Daibutsu is held.
* 1185/11/11 [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] issues orders to hunt Yoshitsune.
* 1185/11/11 [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] issues orders to hunt Yoshitsune.
* 1185/11/17 [[Shizuka Gozen]] captured in Yoshino.
* 1185/11/17 [[Shizuka Gozen]] captured in Yoshino.
===[[Gempei War]] (1180-1185)===
===[[Gempei War]] (1180-1185)===
* 1185/2/19 [[Minamoto Yoshitsune]] attacks Yashima (Sanuki) and puts the Taira to flight ([[Battle of Yashima]]).
* 1185/2/19 [[Minamoto Yoshitsune]] attacks Yashima (Sanuki) and puts the Taira to flight ([[Battle of Yashima]]).
* 1185/3/24 The Taira clan is utterly destroyed at the [[Battle of Dan-no-Ura]]. The [[Emperor Antoku]] dies in the course of the fighting, and [[Taira Munemori]] is captured and later executed. The [[Gempei War]] ends.
* 1185/3/24 The Taira clan is utterly destroyed at the [[Battle of Dan-no-Ura]]. The [[Emperor Antoku]] dies in the course of the fighting along with many others, and [[Taira Munemori]] is captured and later executed. The [[Gempei War]] ends.
==Other Events of 1185==
*An earthquake strikes Kyoto.
*[[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] requests the title of [[shogun]] from the Court but is denied; he is not named shogun until [[1192]].
===Births and Deaths of 1185===
===Births and Deaths===
* Emperor Antoku dies
* Emperor Antoku dies (b. [[1178]]).
* Taira Munemori is executed
* Taira no Munemori is executed (b. [[1147]]).
* [[Kenreimon'in]], [[Taira no Noritsune]], [[Taira no Shigehira]], [[Taira no Tomomori]], [[Taira no Kagekiyo]] die in the [[Battle of Dan-no-Ura]].
* [[Kenreimon'in]], [[Taira no Noritsune]], [[Taira no Shigehira]], [[Taira no Tomomori]], [[Taira no Kagekiyo]] die in the [[Battle of Dan-no-Ura]].
* [[Kawagoe Shigeyori]] dies.
* [[Kawagoe Shigeyori]] dies.
