1189
Years:
1186 1187 1188 - 1189 - 1190 1191 1192Decades:
1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210sCenturies:
11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Events
- January 21 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
- September 3- Richard I of England is crowned as king of England.
- August 29- Ban Kulin wrote "The Charter of Kulin", which become a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian statehood
- This year was fixed as the start of Time immemorial in English law in 1276.
- Beginning of the Siege of Acre.
- The Crusader castles of Montreal and Kerak are captured by Saladin.
Births
Deaths
- May 17 - Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Japanese general (born 1159)
- July 6 - King Henry II of England (born 1133)
- July 13 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
- October 1 - Gerard de Ridefort, Grand Master of the Knights Templar
- Saito Musashibo Benkei, Japanese fighting monk
- Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobhair, King of Connacht
- William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
- Geoffrey Ridel, Lord Chancellor of England
- William II of Sicily (born 1153)