Explore 46 historical events from 1180–1189.
Emperor Antoku was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1180 through 1185. His death marked the end of the…
Emperor Antoku of Japan (born 1178)
Afonso II, also called Afonso the Fat and Afonso the Leper, was King of Portugal from 1211 until 1223. Afonso was the third monarch of Portugal.
Afonso II of Portugal (died 1223)
Valdemar I Knudsen, also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its…
Valdemar I, king of Denmark (born 1131)
Ruben III, also Roupen III, Rupen III, or Reuben III, was the ninth lord of Armenian Cilicia (1175–1187).
Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (born 1145)
Minamoto no Yukiie was a brother of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and one of the commanders of the Minamoto forces in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history.
Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
John Komnenos Vatatzes, or simply John Komnenos or John Vatatzes in the sources, was a major military and political figure in the Byzantine Empire during the reigns of Manuel I Kom…
John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (born 1132)
Magnus Erlingsson, also known as Magnus V, was a king of Norway during the civil war era in Norway. He helped to establish primogeniture in royal succession in Norway. King Magnus …
Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (born 1156)
Konstantin Vsevolodovich was the eldest son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna.
Konstantin of Rostov (died 1218)
Roger de Moulins was the master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1177 until his death in 1187. He succeeded Jobert of Syria. His successors were two interim masters, William Borrel …
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
The Battle of Fimreite was a naval battle fought on June 15, 1184, between King Magnus Erlingsson and the Birkebeiner supported Sverre Sigurdsson. At this time in Norwegian history…
The naval Battle of Fimreite is won by the Birkebeiner pretender Sverre Sigurdsson
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the c…
Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in…
Richard I of England officially invested as Duke of Normandy.
Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crown…
Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Cœur de Lion because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, was King of England from 1189 until his death in…
Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.
Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a Japanese samurai commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His older half-brother was Minamoto no Yoritomo…
Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born 1159)
Matilda of England was an English princess of the House of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180.
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony, (born 1156)
Henry II was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France, an area that was…
Henry II, king of England (born 1133)
Jacob of Orléans was a noted Jewish scholar. Jacob was a tosafist in Orléans, France, who studied under Rabbenu Tam. He remained in Orléans until at least 1171, leaving at a later …
Jacob of Orléans, French Jewish scholar
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns launched by the papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers for the recovery and defence of the Holy Land, as part of a wide…
The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, commonly known as Saladin, was a Kurdish commander and political leader. He was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty and the first sultan of both Egypt …
Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.
Roger de Moulins was the master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1177 until his death in 1187. He succeeded Jobert of Syria. His successors were two interim masters, William Borrel …
Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
Ruben III, also Roupen III, Rupen III, or Reuben III, was the ninth lord of Armenian Cilicia (1175–1187).
Ruben III, Prince of Armenia (born 1145)
Louis VIII, nicknamed The Lion, was King of France from 1223 to 1226. As a prince, he invaded England on 21 May 1216 and was excommunicated by a papal legate on 29 May 1216. On 2 J…
Louis VIII, king of France (died 1226)
Raynald of Châtillon, also known as Reynald, Reginald, or Renaud, was Prince of Antioch—a crusader state in the Middle East—from 1153 to 1160 or 1161, and Lord of Transjordan—a lar…
Raynald of Châtillon, French knight (born 1125)
The Georgenberg Pact was a treaty signed between Duke Leopold V of Austria and Duke Ottokar IV of Styria on 17 August 1186 at Enns Castle on the Georgenberg mountain.
Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar…
Konstantin Vsevolodovich was the eldest son of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna.
Konstantin of Rostov (died 1218)
Minamoto no Yukiie was a brother of Minamoto no Yoshitomo, and one of the commanders of the Minamoto forces in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history.
Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord
Geoffrey II was Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Geoffrey was the fourth of five sons of Henry I…
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (born 1158)
Vardzia is a cave monastery site in southern Georgia, excavated from the slopes of the Erusheti Mountain on the left bank of the Kura River, thirty kilometres from Aspindza. The ma…
The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
The sack of Thessalonica in 1185 by Normans of the Kingdom of Sicily was one of the worst disasters to befall the Byzantine Empire in the 12th century.
Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
Isaac II Angelos or Angelus was Byzantine Emperor from 1185 to 1195, and co-Emperor with his son Alexios IV Angelos from 1203 to 1204. In an 1185 revolt against the Emperor Androni…
Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that…
Afonso II, also called Afonso the Fat and Afonso the Leper, was King of Portugal from 1211 until 1223. Afonso was the third monarch of Portugal.
Afonso II of Portugal (died 1223)
Emperor Antoku was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1180 through 1185. His death marked the end of the…
Emperor Antoku of Japan (born 1178)
Richeza of Poland was a Polish princess of the House of Piast in the Silesian branch. By her marriages she was Queen consort of Galicia, León and Castile, Countess of Provence, and…
Richeza of Poland, queen of León (born c