1187
year
1187 (MCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1187th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 187th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 12th century, and the 8th year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1187, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1150s 1160s 1170s – 1180s – 1190s 1200s 1210s |
| Years: | 1184 1185 1186 – 1187 – 1188 1189 1190 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1187 MCLXXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1940 |
| Armenian calendar | 636 ԹՎ ՈԼԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5937 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1108–1109 |
| Bengali calendar | 594 |
| Berber calendar | 2137 |
| English Regnal year | 33 Hen. 2 – 34 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1731 |
| Burmese calendar | 549 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6695–6696 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 3883 or 3823 — to — 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3884 or 3824 |
| Coptic calendar | 903–904 |
| Discordian calendar | 2353 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1179–1180 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4947–4948 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1243–1244 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1108–1109 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4287–4288 |
| Holocene calendar | 11187 |
| Igbo calendar | 187–188 |
| Iranian calendar | 565–566 |
| Islamic calendar | 582–583 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunji 3 (文治３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1094–1095 |
| Julian calendar | 1187 MCLXXXVII |
| Korean calendar | 3520 |
| Minguo calendar | 725 before ROC 民前725年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −281 |
| Seleucid era | 1498/1499 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1729–1730 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1313 or 932 or 160 — to — 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1314 or 933 or 161 |
Events
change- May 1 – Battle of Cresson – Saladin defeats the crusaders
- July 4 – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin.
- September 20 – October 2 – Siege of Jerusalem – Saladin captures Jerusalem.
- October 29 – Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Crusade.
- Alexis Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
- Cathedral of St. Jacob consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania
- Destruction of Sigtuna – archbishop is killed
- Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm
- Compass in Europe
- The Toltecs are deposed at Chichen Itza
- Zen Buddhism comes to Japan
- King of Ankor Vat, Jayavarman VII defeats Cham conquerors
- Ghorin Muhammed conquers Punjab
- Genoa takes Bonifacio (in Corsica) from Pisa
Births
change- September 5 — King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
- Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
- Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1239)
Deaths
change- July 4 — Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed, b. c. 1125)
- October 19 — Pope Urban III
- November 9 — Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)
- December 17 — Pope Gregory VIII (b. c. 1100)
- Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator of scientific works (b. c. 1114)
- Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
- Count Raymond III of Tripoli (b. 1140)