1192

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1160s  1170s  1180s  – 1190s –  1200s  1210s  1220s
Years:	1189 1190 1191 – 1192 – 1193 1194 1195

Events

• 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.
• Minamoto no Yoritomo granted title of shogun, thereby officially establishing the first shogunate in the history of Japan.
• Enrico Dandolo becomes Doge of Venice.
• Marco Polo Bridge, or Lugouqiao, completed in Beijing.

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)