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Decades: 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s - 1190s - 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s

Years: 1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 - 1190 - 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195

• March 16 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York, England.
• October 4 - Richard I of England threatens war against Tancred of Sicily, and captures Messina
• "On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy" (ar. Kitab fasl al-maqal) first published.
• Coronation of Richard I of England (the Lion-Hearted)
• Anti-Jewish riots in England.
• In Myanmar, Anawrahta's lineage regains control with the assistance of Sri Lanka. Pagan has been in anarchy. The new regime reforms Burmese Buddhism on Sri Lankan Theravada models.
• Henry I becomes Duke of Brabant.
• Richard I of England and Philip II of France meet at Vézelay, beginning the Third Crusade.
• Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor joins the Third Crusade.
• Stevan Nemanja founds the Studenica monastery in Serbia.

Births

• William III of Sicily

Deaths

• Ranulf de Glanvill, chief justiciar of England
• Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor drowns in the Saleph River, and is buried in Antioch by the remainder of his shattered army.
• Sibylla of Jerusalem, former Queen of Jerusalem

Heads of states

• England - Richard I King of England (reigned from 1189 to 1199)
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)

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