1192

Template:Use mdy dates Template:About year Template:Year nav Template:C12 year in topicYear 1192 (MCXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1192nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 192nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 92nd year of the 12th century, and the 3rd year of the 1190s decade.

Events

• January 7 – Venus occults Jupiter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• April 28 – Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, is assassinated in Tyre, only days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin, later the basis of folk etymology for the English word "assassin."<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
• August 21 – Minamoto no Yoritomo is granted the title of shōgun, thereby officially establishing the first shogunate in the history of Japan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Margaritus of Brindisi is created the first Count of Malta for capturing Constance, Holy Roman Empress in 1191.
• Second Battle of Tarain in India: The Ghurid forces of Mu'izz al-Din are victorious over Prithviraj Chauhan.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>
• The Lugouqiao (later the Marco Polo) Bridge is completed in Beijing.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Constance, Holy Roman Empress is released by Tancred, King of Sicily under the pressure of Pope Celestine III in May, and returns to Germany in June.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich of Novgorod burns down Tartu and Otepää Castles, in Estonia.

The Third Crusade

• August 5 – Battle of Jaffa: Richard I of England defeats the forces of Saladin and ends hostilities, paving the way for a truce.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• September 2 – After negotiations between Richard and Saladin, the Treaty of Jaffa is signed, which makes sure Jerusalem remains in Muslim hands, but insures visiting rights for pilgrims to come to the Holy City. The Third Crusade ends.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• October 9 – Richard leaves the Holy Land, setting sail from Acre and beginning his return to Europe.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• December 11 – Returning from the Third Crusade, Richard I of England is taken prisoner by Leopold V, Duke of Austria, and secured at Dürnstein.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Births

• September 17 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shōgun (d. 1219)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Queen Maria of Jerusalem (d. 1212)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• King Stefan Radoslav of Serbia (d. 1234)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Saint Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari of Uch Sharif (d. 1291)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Deaths

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Emperor Go-Shirakawa

• April 26 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• April 28 – Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (b. mid-1140s)<ref name=":0" />
• May 8 – Duke Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria (b. 1163)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• August 25 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Saint Margaret of England, English saint<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Ikhtiyar al-Din Hasan ibn Ghafras, vizier of the Sultanate of Rum<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Kilij Arslan II, Sultan of Rum<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Rashid ad-Din Sinan, the "Old Man of the Mountain", leader of the Hashashin sect (b. 1132/1135)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• Prithviraj Chauhan, King of the Chauhan Dynasty (b. 1177)<ref name=":1" />