1190

Events 
 March 16 — Massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England prompted by Crusaders and Richard Malebys kill 150–500 Jews in Clifford's Tower.
 June 10 — Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. 
 October 4 — Richard I of England threatens war against Tancred of Sicily, and captures Messina
 "On the Harmony of Religions and Philosophy" (ar. Kitab fasl al-maqal) first published.
 Coronation of Richard I of England (the Lion-Hearted)
 Anti-Jewish riots in England.
 In Myanmar, Anawrahta's lineage regains control with the assistance of Sri Lanka. Pagan has been in anarchy. The new regime reforms Burmese Buddhism on Sri Lankan Theravada models.
 Henry I becomes Duke of Brabant.
 Richard I of England and Philip II of France meet at Vézelay, beginning the Third Crusade.
 Stevan Nemanja founds the Studenica monastery in Serbia.
 The feudal era of Japan begins.
 Cartmel Priory founded

 Births 
 Vincent of Beauvais, Dominican friar and encyclopedist (d. 1264)
 Peter I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1251)
 William III of Sicily (d. 1198)
 William of Sherwood, English logician (d. 1249)

 Deaths 
 March 15 Isabelle of Hainaut, queen of Philip II of France (b. 1170)
 June 10 — Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, (drowned) (b. 1122)
 July 25 — Sibylla of Jerusalem, Queen of Jerusalem (b. c. 1160)
 William Fitzstephen, servant of Thomas à Becket and sheriff of Gloucester
 Ranulf de Glanvill, chief justiciar of England
 Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester

Category:1190