1189

Years: 1186 1187 1188 - 1189 - 1190 1191 1192

Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

* January 21 - Philip II of France and Henry II of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
* February 18 - Emperor Xiaozong abdicated to Emperor Guangzong.
* September 3- Richard Lionheart is crowned as king of England.
* August 29- Ban Kulin wrote "The Charter of Kulin", which become a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian statehood.
* This year was fixed as the end of time immemorial in English law in 1276.
* Beginning of the Siege of Acre.
* The Crusader castles of Montreal and Kerak are captured by Saladin.
* The town of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland gains its charter.

Births

* Yuri II, grand prince of Vladimir (died 1238)

Deaths

*May 17 - Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born 1159)
* July 6 - King Henry II of England (born 1133)
* July 13 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
* October 1 - Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
* Saito Musashibo Benkei, Japanese fighting monk
* Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobhair, King of Connacht
* William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
* Geoffrey Ridel, Lord Chancellor of England
* William II of Sicily (born 1153)

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