1191 - Definition and Overview

Events

• May 12 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
• September 7 - Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf - Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
• The monks of Glastonbury Abbey announce that they have found the burial sites of King Arthur and his Queen Guinevere.
• The city of Berne was founded by the duke Berthold V of Zähringen

Births

Deaths

• March 27 - Pope Clement III
• Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash ibn Amirak Abu 'l-Futuh al-Suhrawardi was executed.

Heads of states

• England - Richard I King of England (reigned from 1189 to 1199)
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)