Editing 12th century (section)

===[[1180s]]===
* [[1180]]: The [[Portuguese Navy]] defeats a Muslim fleet off the coast of [[Cape Espichel]].
* [[1180]]–[[1185]]: the [[Genpei War]] in Japan.
* [[1181]]: [[Parakramabahu I|Parakramabahu the Great]] conducts a large-scale raid on [[Pagan Kingdom|Burma]], after a ship transporting a [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] princess to the [[Khmer Empire]] is attacked by [[Khmer–Cham wars#Cham invasions of Angkor (1170, 1177–1181)|Burmese naval fleets]].
* [[1182]]: Religious reformations of [[Theravada|Theravada Buddhism]] in [[Pagan Kingdom|Pagan Burma]] under the patronage of [[Narapatisithu]] are continued with the end of the [[Polonnaruwa–Pagan War|Polonnaruwa-Pagan War]].
* [[1182]]: [[Massacre of the Latins|Revolt]] of the people of [[Constantinople]] against the Latins, whom they massacre, proclaiming [[Andronicus I Comnenus]] as co-emperor.
* [[1183]]: On January 25, the final [[Peace of Constance]] between [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]], the pope and the Lombard towns is signed, confirming the Peace of Venice of 1177.
* [[1183]]: On September 24, [[Andronicus I Comnenus]] has his nephew [[Alexius II Comnenus]] strangled.
* [[1184]]: On March 24, [[Queen Tamar]], [[King of Georgia]], accedes to the throne as sole ruler after reigning with her father, George III, for six years.
* [[1184]]: [[Diet of Pentecost]] organised by Emperor Frederick I in Mainz.
* [[1185]]: The [[Uprising of Asen and Peter]] against the Byzantine Empire leads to the [[Second Bulgarian Empire|restoration of the Bulgarian Empire]].
* [[1185]]: [[Andronicus I Comnenus]] is deposed and, on September 12,  executed as a result of the [[Normans|Norman]] massacre of the Greeks of [[Thessalonika]].
* [[1185]]: The cathedral school (Katedralskolan) in [[Lund]], Sweden, is founded. The school is the oldest in northern Europe and one of the oldest in all of Europe.
* [[1185]]: Beginning in this year the [[Kamakura shogunate]] deprives the [[emperor of Japan]] of political power.
* [[1186]]: On January 27, the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI marries [[Constance I of Sicily|Constance of Sicily]], the heiress to the Sicilian throne.
* [[1187]]: On July 4, in the [[Battle of Hattin]], [[Saladin]] defeats the king of [[Jerusalem]].
* [[1187]]: In August, the Swedish royal and commercial center [[Sigtuna]] is attacked by raiders from [[Karelia]], Couronia, and/or Estonia.<ref name="Tarvel">[[Enn Tarvel]] (2007). [http://haridus.opleht.ee/Arhiiv/7_82007/38-41.pdf ''Sigtuna hukkumine.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011191449/http://haridus.opleht.ee/Arhiiv/7_82007/38-41.pdf |date=2017-10-11 }} Haridus, 2007 (7-8), p 38–41</ref>
* [[1188]]: The Riah were introduced into the [[Jebala people|Habt]] and south of [[Tetouan]] by the [[Almohad]] caliph, [[Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur]], and Jochem and Acem were introduced in [[Chaouia (Morocco)|Tamesna]].<ref>{{Cite book|title = Notice sur les Arabes hilaliens|publisher = Ismaël Hamet|pages = 248}}</ref>
* [[1189]]: On September 3, Richard I is crowned King of England at Westminster.
* [[1189]]: On November 11, William II of Sicily dies and is succeeded by his illegitimate cousin [[Tancred, King of Sicily|Tancred, Count of Lecce]] instead of Constance.
* [[1189]]–[[1192]]: The [[Third Crusade]] is an attempt by European leaders to wrest the [[Holy Land]] from [[Saladin]].