1178

Events

• June 18 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed
• The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of "Mu-Lan-Pi " (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors
• The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury written
• The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to lean as the third level is completed

Births

• Emperor Antoku of Japan
• Thomas I of Savoy
• Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, politician and author of the Younger Edda

Deaths