1188

Events

• Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers in modern Syria.
• Newgate Prison is built in London.
• 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 Leon becomes king of Leon.
• Queen Tamar of Georgia marries David Soslan.
• The legenday Cutting of the elm occurs at Gisors in Normandy.

Births

• March 4 — Blanche of Castile (d. 1252)

Deaths

• August 22 — Ferdinand II of Leon (b. 1137)
• October 11 — Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France (b. c. 1123)
• Usamah ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (b. 1095)
• Sultan Ali bin Hasan of Kilwa

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