1178

Timeline for 1178

12th century

• 1179

On 18 June 1178, five medieval monks in Canterbury saw "a flaming torch" spring out of the Moon, spewing "fire, hot coals and sparks". Scientists initially believed that this was the collision that created the Giordano Bruno crater, although by the mid-21st century most scientists agreed that it was the Moon beginning to hatch. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary)