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Events

* Anti-Jewish riots break out in England.
* Richard I of England ("the Lion-Hearted") is crowned.
* March 17 — A and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England, prompted by the Crusaders and Richard Malebys, result in the deaths of 150–500 Jews in Clifford's Tower.
* June 10 — Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.
* October 4 — Richard I of England threatens war against Tancred of Sicily, and captures Messina.
* The Teutonic Knights are founded to defend the Holy Land.
* Battle of Stara Zagora: The Bulgarians defeat Byzantine Emperor Isaac II.
* "On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy" (ar. "Kitab fasl al-maqal") is first published.
* 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.
* Stevan Nemanja founds the Studenica monastery in Serbia.
* The feudal era of Japan begins.
* Cartmel Priory is founded in England.
* "Speculum Virginum", a German manuscript, is published (approximate date).

Births

* Vincent of Beauvais, Dominican friar and encyclopedist (d. 1264)
* Peter I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1251)
* William III of Sicily (d. 1198)
* William of Sherwood, English logician (d. 1249)

Deaths

* March 15 - Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170)
* June 10 — Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, (drowned) (b. 1122)
* July 25 — Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem (b. c. 1160)
* Ranulf de Glanvill, chief justiciar of England
* Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester