1193

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1160s  1170s  1180s  – 1190s –  1200s  1210s  1220s
Years:	1190 1191 1192 – 1193 – 1194 1195 1196

1193 (MCXCIII) was

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  Saladin (the Lion) (1137–1193)

a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1193rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 193rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 93rd year of the 12th century, and the 4th year of the 1190s decade.

Events

• Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are split among his descendants.
• Qutb-ud-Din, a Ghurid slave commander, captures Delhi.
• Muhammad Khilji, a general under the command of Qutb-ud-Din sacks and burns Nalanda, India's greatest Buddhist university.
• Philip II of France marries Ingeborg, daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark.

Births

• William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (d. 1254)
• Albertus Magnus, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1280)
• John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1254)

Deaths

• March 4 — Saladin, Sultan of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria (b. c. 1138)
• Balian of Ibelin, noble of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (b. early 1140s)
• Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Gyalwa Karmapa (b. 1110)
• Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (b. 1156)
• Emperor Renzong of Western Xia, 5th emperor of the Western Xia dynasty (b. 1124)
• Fan Chengda, Chinese poet

Heads of states

• England — Richard I King of England (reigned 1189–1199)
• France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned 1180–1223)
• Byzantine Empire — Isaac II Angelus (reigned 1185 to 1195, and 1203–1204)
• Pope — Celestine III (Pope 1191–1198)
• China — Emperor Guangzong of Song (reigned 1189-1194)