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Events
- 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
Births
- 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)
Deaths
- 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
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