1194

[edit] 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.

[edit] Births

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

[edit] 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