Year 1187 (MCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

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By area

America

• The Toltecs are deposed at Chichen Itza.

Africa

• The Almohad caliph, Yaqub al-Mansur, reconquers the city of Gabes Ifriqiya from the Almoravid pretender, Ali b. Ghaniya.^[1]

Asia

• May 1 – Battle of Cresson: Saladin defeats the crusaders.
• July 4 – Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
• September 20–October 2 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem.
• King Jayavarman VII of Ankor Vat defeats the Cham conquerors.
• Ghorin Muhammed conquers Punjab.

Europe

• 19 October – Pope Urban III dies of heart attack on hearing news of the Loss of Jerusalem
• October 29 – Pope Gregory VIII issues the bull Audita tremendi, proposing the Third Crusade.
• Alexius Branas attempts to seize Constantinople in defiance of his master Isaac II Angelus.
• Estonians, Curonians and Karelians destroy Sigtuna and kill the archbishop.
• Knut Eriksson builds a castle in the island of Stockholm.
• Genoa takes Bonifacio (in Corsica) from Pisa.^[2]
• Glanvill, an official of King Henry II, describes how villeins can be free (approximate date).
• Florence takes control of the neighboring city of Empoli.

By topic

Markets

• To finance the siege of Zara, the Doge of Venice grants the benefits of the revenue from the salt tax to a consortium of creditors. Pledging the income from the Salt Office becomes a staple of the city's finance.^[3]

Religion

• October 21 – Pope Gregory VIII succeeds Pope Urban III as the 173rd pope.
• The Cathedral of St. Jacob is consecrated in Szczecin, Pomerania.
• Zen Buddhism comes to Japan.

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Births

• September 5 – King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226)
• Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
• Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev (d. 1239)

Deaths

• July 4 – Raynald of Chatillon, Prince of Antioch (executed) (b. c. 1125)
• October 19 – Pope Urban III
• November 9 – Emperor Gaozong of China (b. 1107)
• December 17 – Pope Gregory VIII (b. c. 1100)
• Gerard of Cremona, Italian translator of scientific works (b. c. 1114)
• Roger de Moulins, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
• Count Raymond III of Tripoli (b. 1140)

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