1186

Events

* January 27 — Constance of Sicily marries Henry (the future Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor).
* John the Chanter becomes Bishop of Exeter.
* The Byzantine Empire recognizes the independence of Bulgaria and Serbia.
* Guy of Lusignan becomes King of Jerusalem.
* Joscius becomes Archbishop of Tyre.
* Jayavarman VII, the king of Cambodia, founds the temple of Ta Prohm.
* After the death of the child-king Baldwin V, his mother succeeds him as Sibylla of Jerusalem and appoints her disfavoured husband Guy de Lusignan king consort. This comes as a shock to Jerusalem's court, whom had earlier forced the possible future Queen into promising that should she become so, she would not appoint him the title.

Births

* May 18 — Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218)
* Queen Urraca of Portugal, wife of King Afonso II of Portugal (d. 1220)
* Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk (d. 1225)
* Iziaslav IV Vladimirovich, Grand Prince of Kiev
* Ögedei Khan, third son of Genghis Khan and second Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1241)
* Song Ci, Chinese physician and judge (d. 1249)

Deaths

* January 26 - Ismat ad-Din Khatun, wife of Saladin
* May 29 or June 23 or June 24 — Robert of Torigni
* August 19 — Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158)
* Baldwin V of Jerusalem (b. 1177)
* William of Tyre, Archbishop of Tyre (b. c. 1130)
* Minamoto no Yukiie, Japanese warlord