1189
1189 was a common year.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1186 1187 1188 – 1189 – 1190 1191 1192 |
Events
- January 21 – Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
- September 3– Richard I of England 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 start 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.
Births
Deaths
- July 6 — King Henry II of England (b. 1133)