1183

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Events

Births

Deaths

1183 in Fiction

Events

★ Three-year old Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan after the forced abdication of his brother Emperor Antoku during the Genpei War.

★ August 14 — Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).

★ William of Tyre excommunicated by the newly appointed Heraclius of Jerusalem, firmly ending their struggle for power.

★ Andronicus I Comnenus becomes the Byzantine emperor.

★ First written account of a sport resembling cricket, by Joseph of Exeter.

★ Peace of Constance.

★ The Siege of Kerak is waged between the Ayyubids and the crusaders, in which regent Guy of Lusignan refused to fight.

Births

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Deaths

★ June 11 — Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)

★ July — Maria Comnena (Porphyrogenita), Byzantine princess, by poison (b. 1149)

★ October — Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1167)

★ November 23 — William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (b. 1116)

★ Renier of Montferrat (the Caesar John), Italian husband of Maria Comnena, by poison (b. 1162)

1183 in Fiction

The fictitious events of the play and later movies The Lion in Winter take place in 1183.