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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1184 1185 1186 – 1187 – 1188 1189 1190 |
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1187 (MCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1187th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 187th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1187, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
- May 1 – Battle of Cresson – Saladin defeats the crusaders
- July 4 – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
- September 20 – October 2 – Siege of Jerusalem – Saladin captures Jerusalem.
- October 29 – Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Crusade.
- Alexis Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
- Cathedral of St. Jacob consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania
- Destruction of Sigtuna – archbishop is killed
- Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm
- Compass in Europe
- The Toltecs are deposed at Chichen Itza
- Zen Buddhism comes to Japan
- King of Ankor Vat, Jayavarman VII defeats Cham conquerors
- Ghorin Muhammed conquers Punjab
- Genoa takes Bonifacio (in Corsica) from Pisa
Births
- September 5 — King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
- Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1239)
Deaths
- July 4 — Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed, b. c. 1125)
- October 19 — Pope Urban III
- November 9 — Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)
- December 17 — Pope Gregory VIII (b. c. 1100)
- Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator of scientific works (b. c. 1114)
- Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- Count Raymond III of Tripoli (b. 1140)