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Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century
Decades: 1130s 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s - 1180s - 1190s 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s
Years: 1183 1184 1185 1186 1187 - 1188 - 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193
Events
- Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria.
- Newgate Prison is built.
- Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England.
- Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of Exeter travel through Wales attempting to recruit men for the Third Crusade.
- Alfonso IX of Castile becomes king of Leon.
- Queen Tamar of Georgia marries David Soslan.
- August 22 - Ferdinand II of Leon
- Usamah ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler
- England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
- France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)
- Byzantine Empire - Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine emperor (reigned 1185 - 1195)
