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| Years: 1186 1187 1188 - 1189 - 1190 1191 1192 | |
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| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century | |
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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 start 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
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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