1188

1188 (MCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1188th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 188th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 12th century, and the 9th year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1188, 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:	1185 1186 1187 – 1188 – 1189 1190 1191

1188 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1188 MCLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1941
Armenian calendar	637 ԹՎ ՈԼԷ
Assyrian calendar	5938
Balinese saka calendar	1109–1110
Bengali calendar	595
Berber calendar	2138
English Regnal year	34 Hen. 2 – 35 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1732
Burmese calendar	550
Byzantine calendar	6696–6697
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3884 or 3824     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3885 or 3825
Coptic calendar	904–905
Discordian calendar	2354
Ethiopian calendar	1180–1181
Hebrew calendar	4948–4949
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1244–1245
- Shaka Samvat	1109–1110
- Kali Yuga	4288–4289
Holocene calendar	11188
Igbo calendar	188–189
Iranian calendar	566–567
Islamic calendar	583–584
Japanese calendar	Bunji 4 (文治４年)
Javanese calendar	1095–1096
Julian calendar	1188 MCLXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3521
Minguo calendar	724 before ROC 民前724年
Nanakshahi calendar	−280
Seleucid era	1499/1500 AG
Thai solar calendar	1730–1731
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1314 or 933 or 161     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1315 or 934 or 162

Events

• Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria.
• Newgate Prison is built.
• Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England.
• Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of Exeter travel through Wales attempting to recruit men for the Third Crusade.
• The "Saladin tithe" is levied in England.
• Alfonso IX of Castile becomes king of Leon.
• Queen Tamar of Georgia marries David Soslan.