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Events on Wednesday 24 September 1180 2
1118 – 1180Manuel I Komnenos (1118-1180)Died 24 September 1180, aged 61Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor since 1143, died in Constantinople after a reign marked by ambitious campaigns to restore Byzantine power in Italy, the Balkans, and the Crusader states. His defeat at Myriokephalon in 1176 had weakened imperial authority in Anatolia. He was succeeded by his young son Alexios II Komnenos.
1180Alexios II Komnenos becomes Byzantine EmperorCrowned at age eleven on his father's deathAlexios II Komnenos succeeded his father Manuel I as Byzantine Emperor on 24 September 1180, under the regency of his mother Maria of Antioch. The weak regency soon provoked unrest that his cousin Andronikos I Komnenos would exploit to seize the throne. His short reign marked the beginning of a period of Byzantine instability.