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Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)

Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)

Alberto de Morra is elected as Pope Gregorius VIII (12/17/1187)

Events Before

  1. Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats the Taira during Japan's Genpei War

    Battle at Danoura: Yoshitsune Minamoto's fleet beats the Taira during Japan's Genpei War

  2. Battle at Dan-no-ura: Major sea battle in Japan's Genpei War, Minamoto clan led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune defeats the Ta

    Battle at Dan-no-ura: Major sea battle in Japan's Genpei War, Minamoto clan led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune defeats the Taira clan

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

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

  4. Byzantine nobleman Isaac II Angelos kills courtier Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, triggering a revolt and the overthrow

    Byzantine nobleman Isaac II Angelos kills courtier Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, triggering a revolt and the overthrow of Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos, placing Isaac on the throne

  5. Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, weds Constance of Sicily

    Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, weds Constance of Sicily

Events After

  1. Antoku ascends the throne as the 81st Emperor of Japan

    Antoku ascends the throne as the 81st Emperor of Japan

  2. Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa and 100,000 crusaders depart Regensburg for the Third Crusade

    The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England, and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem...

  3. Third Crusade: Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan

    Guy of Lusignan (1150 – 1194) was king of Jerusalem, first as the husband and co-ruler of Queen Sibylla from 1186 to 1190, then as disputed ruler from 1190 to 1192.

  4. Riots in Lynn, Norfolk (England) spread to Norwich

    In England, the High Middle Ages spanned the period from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the death of King John, considered by some historians to be the last Angevin king of England, in 1216. The...

  5. Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre

    Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre

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