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Events

★ April 28 — Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.

★ August 21 — Minamoto no Yoritomo granted title of shogun, thereby officially establishing the first shogunate in the history of Japan.

★ October 9 — The Third Crusade ends in disaster. Richard I of England and Saladin negotiate visiting rights for pilgrims to come to the Holy City of Jerusalem.

★ Richard I of England taken hostage by Leopold V of Austria.

★ Enrico Dandolo becomes Doge of Venice.

★ Marco Polo Bridge, or Lugouqiao, completed in Beijing.

★ Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich of Novgorod burns down Tartu and Otepää castles in Estonia.

Births

★ September 17 — Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)

★ Giorgi IV Lasha, King of Georgia (d. 1223)

★ Stefan Radoslav, King of Serbia (d. 1234)

Deaths

★ April 26 — Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)

★ April 28 — Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (b. mid-1140s)

★ May 5 — Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (b. 1163)

★ August 25 — Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)

★ Kilij Arslan II, Sultan of Rüm

Heads of states

★ England — Richard I King of England (reigned 1189–1199)

★ France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned 1180–1223)

★ Germany — Henry VI Holy Roman Emperor (1191–1197) and King of Germany (1190–1197)

★ Pope — Celestine III (pope 1191–1198)

★ China — Emperor Guangzong of Song, 12th emperor of Song China (宋光宗) (reigned 1189–1194)