1187

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Years: 1184 1185 1186 - 1187 - 1188 1189 1190

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

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

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.
• Alexis 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