1193

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1160s  1170s  1180s  – 1190s –  1200s  1210s  1220s
Years:	1190 1191 1192 – 1193 – 1194 1195 1196

Events

• Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are split among his descendants.
• Qutb-ud-Din, a Ghurid slave commander, captures Delhi.
• Muhammad Khilji, a general under the command of Qutb-ud-Din sacks and burns Nalanda, India's greatest Buddhist university.
• Philip II of France marries Ingeborg, daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark.

Births

• William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (d. 1254)
• Albertus Magnus, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1280)
• John III Ducas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1254)

Deaths

• March 4 — Saladin, Sultan of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria (b. c. 1138)
• Balian of Ibelin, noble of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (b. early 1140s)
• Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Gyalwa Karmapa (b. 1110)
• Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (b. 1156)
• Emperor Renzong of Western Xia, 5th emperor of the Western Xia dynasty (b. 1124)
• Fan Chengda, Chinese poet

Heads of states

• England — Richard I King of England (reigned 1189–1199)
• France — Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned 1180–1223)
• Byzantine Empire — Isaac II Angelus (reigned 1185 to 1195, and 1203–1204)
• Pope — Celestine III (Pope 1191–1198)
• China — Emperor Guangzong of Song (reigned 1189-1194)