1189
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| Years: 1186 1187 1188 - 1189 - 1190 1191 1192 |
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| Decades: 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s |
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| Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century |
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| 1189 by topic | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1189 MCLXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 1942 |
| Armenian calendar | 638 ԹՎ ՈԼԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 3885 – 3886 戊申 – 己酉 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1181 – 1182 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4949 – 4950 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1244 – 1245 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1111 – 1112 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4290 – 4291 |
| Iranian calendar | 567 – 568 |
| Islamic calendar | 585 – 586 |
Events
- January 21 - Philip II of France and Henry II of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
- February 18 - Emperor Xiaozong abdicated to Emperor Guangzong.
- September 3- Richard Lionheart 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 end 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.
- The town of Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland gains its charter.
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
- November 14 - William de Mandeville, 3rd Earl of Essex
- Saito Musashibo Benkei, Japanese fighting monk
- Conchobar Maenmaige Ua Conchobhair, King of Connacht
- Geoffrey Ridel, Lord Chancellor of England
- William II of Sicily (born 1153)