1187
| 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 | |
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| 1187 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1187 MCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1940 |
| Armenian calendar | 636 ԹՎ ՈԼԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5937 |
| Bengali calendar | 594 |
| Berber calendar | 2137 |
| English Regnal year | 33 Hen. 2 – 34 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1731 |
| Burmese calendar | 549 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6695–6696 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3883 or 3823 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3884 or 3824 |
| Coptic calendar | 903–904 |
| Discordian calendar | 2353 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1179–1180 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4947–4948 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1243–1244 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1109–1110 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4288–4289 |
| Holocene calendar | 11187 |
| Igbo calendar | 187–188 |
| Iranian calendar | 565–566 |
| Islamic calendar | 582–583 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunji 3 (文治３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1187 MCLXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3520 |
| Minguo calendar | 725 before ROC 民前725年 |
| Seleucid era | 1498/1499 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1729–1730 |
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Year 1187 (MCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
America
- The Toltecs are deposed at Chichen Itza.
Africa
- The Almohad caliph, Yaqub al-Mansur, reconquers the city of Gabes Ifriqiya from the Almoravid pretender, Ali b. Ghaniya.[1]
Asia
- 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.
- King Jayavarman VII of Ankor Vat defeats the Cham conquerors.
- Ghorin Muhammed conquers Punjab.
Europe
- 19 October – Pope Urban III dies of a heart attack on hearing news of the Loss of Jerusalem
- October 29 – Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Crusade.
- Alexius Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
- Estonians, Curonians and Karelians destroy Sigtuna town in Sweden and kill the archbishop.
- Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm.
- Genoa takes Bonifacio (in Corsica) from Pisa.[2]
- Glanvill, an official of King Henry II, describes how villeins can be free (approximate date).
- Florence takes control of the neighboring city of Empoli.
By topic
Markets
- To finance the siege of Zara, the Doge of Venice grants the benefits of the revenue from the salt tax to a consortium of creditors. Pledging the income from the Salt Office becomes a staple of the city's finance.[3]
Religion
- October 21 – Pope Gregory VIII succeeds Pope Urban III as the 173rd pope.
- The Cathedral of St. Jacob is consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania.
Births
- March 29 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
- September 5 – King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
- Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1239)
Deaths
- May 1 – Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- July 4 – Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed) (b. c. 1125)
- September/October – Count Raymond III of Tripoli (b. 1140)
- 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)
References
- ↑ Picard, Christophe (1997). La mer et les musulmans d'Occident VIIIe-XIIIe siècle. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.
- ↑ Colombani, Philippe (2010). Héros corses du Moyen Age. Ajaccio: Albiana. p. 173. ISBN 978-2-84698-338-9.
- ↑ Munro, John H. (2003). "The Medieval Origins of the Financial Revolution". The International History Review 15 (3): 506–562.