1188

Year 1188 (MCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century 12th century 13th century
Decades:	1160s 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s
Years:	1185 1186 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191

1188 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1188 MCLXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	1941
Armenian calendar	637 ԹՎ ՈԼԷ
Assyrian calendar	5938
Balinese saka calendar	1109–1110
Bengali calendar	595
Berber calendar	2138
English Regnal year	34 Hen. 2 – 35 Hen. 2
Buddhist calendar	1732
Burmese calendar	550
Byzantine calendar	6696–6697
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3884 or 3824     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3885 or 3825
Coptic calendar	904–905
Discordian calendar	2354
Ethiopian calendar	1180–1181
Hebrew calendar	4948–4949
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1244–1245
- Shaka Samvat	1109–1110
- Kali Yuga	4288–4289
Holocene calendar	11188
Igbo calendar	188–189
Iranian calendar	566–567
Islamic calendar	583–584
Japanese calendar	Bunji 4 (文治４年)
Javanese calendar	1095–1096
Julian calendar	1188 MCLXXXVIII
Korean calendar	3521
Minguo calendar	724 before ROC 民前724年
Nanakshahi calendar	−280
Seleucid era	1499/1500 AG
Thai solar calendar	1730–1731
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1314 or 933 or 161     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1315 or 934 or 162

Events

• Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers, in modern Syria.
• Newgate Prison is built in London.
• Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England.
• Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of Exeter travel through Wales, attempting to recruit men for the Third Crusade.
• The "Saladin tithe" is levied in England.
• Alfonso IX of León becomes king of Leon.
• Queen Tamar of Georgia marries David Soslan.
• The legendary Cutting of the elm occurs at Gisors, in Normandy.
• Alfonso IX of León convenes at the Basilica of San Isidoro the Cortes of León, with representatives of the nobility, clergy and towns. These Corteses are considered to be the first parliament in Europe.

Births

• March 4 – Blanche of Castile, queen and regent of France (d. 1252)

Deaths

• January 22 – Ferdinand II of León (b. 1137)
• January 26 – Saint Eysteinn Erlendsson, archbishop (born c. 1120)[1]
• October 11 – Robert I, Count of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France (b. c. 1123)
• November 17 – Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (b. 1095)
• Aoife MacMurrough, Irish noble, Lady of Leinster (b. 1145)

References

1. Dybdahl, Audun. "Øystein Erlendsson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved July 22, 2015.