1185 - Definition and Overview

Events

• April 25 - Genpei War - Sea Battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan
• Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church
• End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan.
• Founding of Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden. The school is the oldest in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe.
• Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the Second Bulgarian Kingdom .

Births

• April 23 - king Afonso II of Portugal

Deaths

• November 25 - Pope Lucius III
• December 6 - Afonso, first king of Portugal
• Emperor Antoku of Japan, the Child Emperor

Heads of states

• England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 - 1189).
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223).