1185

Events

* April 25 — Genpei War: The naval Battle of Dan-no-ura leads to a Minamoto victory in Japan, and the death of Emperor Antoku.
* August 15 — The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
* September 11 — Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
* Templars settle in London and begin building the New Temple Church.
* The Heian Period ends and the Kamakura period begins in Japan.
* The Katedralskolan, the oldest school in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe, is founded in Lund, Sweden.
* Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.
* November 25 — Pope Urban III succeeds Pope Lucius III as the 172nd pope.
* Mohammad of Ghur takes Punjab and Lahore, overthrowing the Ghaznavids.

Births

* April 23 — King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1223)
* Inge II of Norway (d. 1217)
* Gertrude of Merania, queen of Andrew II of Hungary (d. 1213)

Deaths

* April 25 — Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)
* June 16 — Richeza of Poland, daughter of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. c. 1140)
* July 18 — Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala
* July 25 — King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
* September 12 — Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. c. 1118)
* November 25 — Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
* December 6 — King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
* Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)
* Taira no Munemori, Japanese soldier (b. 1147)
* Taira no Noritsune, Japanese soldier (b. 1160)
* Taira no Shigehira, Japanese soldier (b. 1158)
* Taira no Tomomori, Japanese soldier (b. 1152)
* Ibn Tufail, Arab philosopher, physician, and courtier (b. c. 1105)