1194

Events

* February 4 - Richard I of England is ransomed from Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
* July 5 — Emperor Guangzong of Song China is forced to give up his throne.
* November 20 — Palermo falls to Henry VI.
* December 25 — Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily.
* Battle of Freteval: Richard I of England reconquers his French fiefdoms from Philip II Augustus.
* The city of Portsmouth is awarded its Royal Charter.
* Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter.
* The Yellow River of China experiences a major course change, taking over the Huai River drainage system for the next 700 years.
* The Danes attack Estonia.

Births

* July 16 — Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)
* December 26 — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

Deaths

* February 20 — King Tancred of Sicily
* May 5 — King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
* June 27 — King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. c. 1133)
* June 28 — Emperor Xiaozong of China (b. 1127)
* September 27 — Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
* November 15 — Margaret I of Flanders
* December 31 — Duke Leopold V of Austria (at a tournament) (b. 1157)
* Benedictus Abbas, English chronicler
* Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (b. c. 1150)
* Raymond V of Toulouse (b. 1134)
* Roger III of Sicily (b. 1175)
* Sviatoslav III of Kiev