1185

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1150s  1160s  1170s  – 1180s –  1190s  1200s  1210s
Years:	1182 1183 1184 – 1185 – 1186 1187 1188

1185 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1185 MCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	1938
Armenian calendar	634 ԹՎ ՈԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	5935
Balinese saka calendar	1106–1107
Bengali calendar	592
Berber calendar	2135
English Regnal year	31 Hen. 2 – 32 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1729
Burmese calendar	547
Byzantine calendar	6693–6694
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 3881 or 3821     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 3882 or 3822
Coptic calendar	901–902
Discordian calendar	2351
Ethiopian calendar	1177–1178
Hebrew calendar	4945–4946
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1241–1242
- Shaka Samvat	1106–1107
- Kali Yuga	4285–4286
Holocene calendar	11185
Igbo calendar	185–186
Iranian calendar	563–564
Islamic calendar	580–581
Japanese calendar	Genryaku 2 / Bunji 1 (文治元年)
Javanese calendar	1092–1093
Julian calendar	1185 MCLXXXV
Korean calendar	3518
Minguo calendar	727 before ROC 民前727年
Nanakshahi calendar	−283
Seleucid era	1496/1497 AG
Thai solar calendar	1727–1728
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1311 or 930 or 158     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1312 or 931 or 159

1185 (MCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1185th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 185th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 12th century, and the 6th year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1185, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• April 25 – Genpei War – Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan
• Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church
• End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan.
• Founding of Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden. The school is the oldest in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe.
• Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.
• August 15 – The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia

Births

• April 23 – King Afonso II of Portugal (died 1223)
• Inge II of Norway (died 1217)
• Gertrude of Merania, queen of Andrew II of Hungary (died 1213)

Deaths

• April 25 – Emperor Antoku, 81st emperor of Japan (b. 1178)
• June 16 – Richeza of Poland, daughter of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland
• July 18 – Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala
• July 25 – King Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)
• September 12 – Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor
• November 25 – Pope Lucius III
• December 6 – King Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (born 1161)
• Taira no Munemori, Japanese soldier (born 1147)
• Taira no Noritsune, Japanese soldier (born 1160)
• Taira no Shigehira, Japanese soldier (born 1158)
• Taira no Tomomori, Japanese soldier (born 1152)
• Ibn Tufail, Arab philosopher, physician, and courtier