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{{Year nav|1187}} {{Year in various calendars|1187}} {{Year article header|1187}} == Events == * [[May 1]] – [[Battle of Cresson]] – Saladin defeats the crusaders * [[July 4]] – [[Saladin]] defeats [[Guy of Lusignan]], [[Kings of Jerusalem|King of Jerusalem]], at the [[Battle of Hattin]]. * [[September 20]] – [[October 2]] – [[Siege of Jerusalem (1187)|Siege of Jerusalem]] – [[Saladin]] captures [[Jerusalem]]. * [[October 29]] – [[Pope Gregory VIII]] issues the [[papal bull|bull]] ''[[Audita tremendi]]'', proposing the [[Third Crusade]]. * [[Alexis Branas]] attempts to seize [[Constantinople]] in defiance of his master [[Isaac II Angelus]]. * Cathedral of St. Jacob consecrated in [[Szczecin]], [[Pomerania]] * Destruction of [[Sigtuna]] – archbishop is killed * [[Knut Eriksson]] builds a castle in the island of [[Stockholm]] * [[Compass]] in Europe * The [[Toltecs]] are deposed at [[Chichen Itza]] * [[Zen Buddhism]] comes to [[Japan]] * King of [[Ankor Vat]], [[Jayavarman VII]] defeats Cham conquerors * [[Ghorin Muhammed]] conquers [[Punjab region|Punjab]] * [[Genoa]] takes Bonifacio (in [[Corsica]]) from [[Pisa]] == Births == * [[September 5]] — King [[Louis VIII of France]] (d. [[1226]]) * [[Arthur I, Duke of Brittany]] (d. [[1203]]) * [[Vladimir III Rurikovich]], Grand Prince of Kiev (d. [[1239]]) == Deaths == * [[July 4]] — [[Raynald of Chatillon]], Prince of Antioch (executed, b. c. [[1125]]) * [[October 19]] — [[Pope Urban III]] * [[November 9]] — [[Emperor Gaozong of Song|Emperor Gaozong]] of China (b. [[1107]]) * [[December 17]] — [[Pope Gregory VIII]] (b. c. [[1100]]) * [[Gerard of Cremona]], Italian translator of scientific works (b. c. [[1114]]) * [[Roger de Moulins]], [[Grand Master]] of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] * Count [[Raymond III of Tripoli]] (b. [[1140]]) [[Category:1187]]