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Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s Years: 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 - 1187 - 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192
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2 Births 3 Deaths 4 heads of states |
Events
- July 4 - Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
- October 2 - Saladin captures Jerusalem.
- Town of Byblos in Lebanon is taken by Saladin.
- Alexis Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
- Cathedral of St. Jacob consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania
Births
Deaths
- July 4 - Raynald of Chatillon is executed by Saladin after the Battle of Hattin.
- Count Raymond III of Tripoli
- Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- October 19 - Pope Urban III
- Alexis Branas, Byzantine general
heads of states
- England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).