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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1184 1185 1186 – 1187 – 1188 1189 1190 |
| 1187 by topic | |
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| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1187 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1187 MCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1940 |
| Armenian calendar | 636 ԹՎ ՈԼԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -657 – -656 |
| Berber calendar | 2137 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1731 |
| Burmese calendar | 549 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6695 – 6696 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年十一月二十日 (3823/3883-11-20) — to —
丁未年十一月三十日(3824/3884-11-30) |
| Coptic calendar | 903 – 904 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1179 – 1180 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4947 – 4948 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1242 – 1243 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1109 – 1110 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4288 – 4289 |
| Holocene calendar | 11187 |
| Iranian calendar | 565 – 566 |
| Islamic calendar | 582 – 583 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Korean calendar | 3520 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1730 |
[edit] Events
- May 1—Battle of Cresson: Saladin defeats the crusaders.
- July 4—Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
- September 20—October 2—Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem.
- October 21—Pope Gregory VIII succeeds Pope Urban III as the 173rd pope.
- October 29—Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Crusade.
- December 19—Pope Clement III succeeds Pope Gregory VIII as the 174th pope.
- Alexius Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
- The Cathedral of St. Jacob is consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania.
- Estonians, Curonians and Karelians destroy Sigtuna and kill the archbishop.
- Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm.
- The Toltecs are deposed at Chichen Itza.
- Zen Buddhism comes to Japan.
- King Jayavarman VII of Ankor Vat defeats the Cham conquerors.
- Ghorin Muhammed conquers Punjab.
- Genoa takes Bonifacio (in Corsica) from Pisa.
- Glanvill, an official of King Henry II, describes how villeins can be free (approximate date).
[edit] Births
- September 5—King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
- Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1239)
[edit] Deaths
- July 4—Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed) (b. c. 1125)
- October 19—Pope Urban III
- November 9—Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)
- December 17—Pope Gregory VIII (b. c. 1100)
- Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator of scientific works (b. c. 1114)
- Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- Count Raymond III of Tripoli (b. 1140)
