This MedLibrary.org supplementary page on 1187 is provided directly from the open source Wikipedia as a service to our readers. Please see the note below on authorship of this content, as well as the Wikipedia usage guidelines. To search for other content from our encyclopedia supplement, please use the form below:
Related Sponsors
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| 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 |
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).
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)
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)
Wikipedia content modification information:
- This page was last modified on 27 December 2008, at 17:34.
Wikipedia Authorship and Review
Wikipedia content provided here is not reviewed directly by MedLibrary.org. Wikipedia content is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org.
Wikipedia Usage Guidelines
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article on "1187".
The URL for this specific entry is:
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details). Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.