1180s | On This Day in History

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).

Japanese calendar

Taira no Munemori · Taira clan · Emperor Antoku

1183

The Battle of Mizushima takes place.

Battle of Mizushima

1183

Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1117)

Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria

1183

William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester (b. 1116)

William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester

1183

Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1242)

Chagatai Khan

1183

Henry the Young King of England (b. 1155)

Henry the Young King

1184

Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1154)

Minamoto no Yoshinaka · List of shoguns

1184

Richard of Dover, Archbishop of Canterbury

Richard of Dover

1184

William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg (d. 1213)

William of Winchester, Lord of Lüneburg

1184

King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite.

Magnus V of Norway · Battle of Fimreite

1184

Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos

Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria · Andronikos Komnenos (son of John II Komnenos)

1184

Magnus Erlingsson, King of Norway (b. 1156)

Magnus V of Norway

1184

Giorgi III, King of Georgia

George III of Georgia

1184

Yusuf I, Calife almohade (né en 1135)

Abu Yaqub Yusuf

1185

Isaac II Angeleos tue Stephen Hagiochristophorites et appelle alors le peuple, ce qui entraîne la révolte qui renverse Andronicos I Komnenos et place Isaac sur le trône de l'Empire byzantin.

Byzantine Empire

Isaac II Angelos · Stephen Hagiochristophorites · Andronikos I Komnenos

1185

Afonso II du Portugal (d. 1223)

Afonso II of Portugal

1185

Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)

Andronikos I Komnenos

1185

Le soulèvement d'Asen et Pierre commence le jour de la fête de Saint-Démétrius de Thessalonique et se termine par la création de l'Empire bulgare second, régi par la dynastie d'Asen.

Uprising of Asen and Peter · Demetrius of Thessaloniki · Second Bulgarian Empire

1185

Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos brutally put to death in Constantinople.

Constantinople

Andronikos I Komnenos · Constantinople

1185

Richeza of Poland, queen of León (b. c. 1140)

Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile

1185

Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (b. 1130)

Stephen Hagiochristophorites

1185

Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)

Afonso I of Portugal

1185

Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)

Pope Lucius III

1185

Emperor Antoku of Japan (b. 1178)

Emperor Antoku

1185

Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala (b. before 1143)

Stefan (Archbishop of Uppsala) · Archbishop of Uppsala · 1143

1185

Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.

Sack of Thessalonica (1185)

1185

Baudouin IV de Jérusalem (né en 1161)

Baldwin IV of Jerusalem

1185

The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.

Vardzia · Tamar of Georgia

1186

Konstantin of Rostov (d. 1218)

Konstantin of Rostov

1186

William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (b. c. 1130)

William of Tyre · Archbishop of Tyre

1186

Henri VI, fils et héritier de l'empereur romain germanique Frédéric Ier, se marie avec Constance de Sicile.

Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor · Holy Roman Emperor · Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

1186

Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.

Georgenberg Pact · Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria · Leopold V, Duke of Austria

1186

Ögedei Khan, Mongol ruler, 2nd Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1241)

Ögedei Khan · Great Khan

1186

Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125)

Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen · 1125

1186

Ismat ad-Din Khatun, wife of Saladin

Saladin

Ismat ad-Din Khatun · Saladin

1186