1187
*
May 1 -
Battle of Cresson - Saladin defeats the crusaders
*
July 4 -
Saladin defeats
Guy of Lusignan,
King of Jerusalem, at the
Battle of Hattin.
*
September 20 -
October 2 -
Siege of Jerusalem -
Saladin captures
Jerusalem.
*
October 29 -
Pope Gregory VIII issues the
bull Audita tremendi, proposing the
Third Crusade.
*
Alexius Branas attempts to seize
Constantinople in defiance of his master
Isaac II Angelus.
* Cathedral of St. Jacob consecrated in
Szczecin,
Pomerania* Destruction of
Sigtuna - archbishop is killed
*
Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of
Stockholm*
Compass in Europe
* The
Toltecs are deposed at
Chichen Itza*
Zen Buddhism comes to
Japan* King of
Ankor Vat,
Jayavarman VII defeats Cham conquerors
*
Ghorin Muhammed conquers
Punjab*
Genoa takes Bonifacio (in
Corsica) from
Pisa*
September 5 - King
Louis VIII of France (died
1226)
*
Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (died
1203)
*
Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (died
1239)
*
July 4 -
Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed)
*
October 19 -
Pope Urban III*
November 9 -
Emperor Gaozong of China (b.
1107)
*
December 17 -
Pope Gregory VIII*
Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator of scientific works
*
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
* Count
Raymond III of Tripoli
