1189 ( MCLXXXIX ) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar , the 1189th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 189th year of the 2nd millennium , the 89th year of the 12th century , and the 10th and last year of the 1180s decade. As of the start of 1189, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• January 21 ? Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade
• September 3 ? Richard I of England is crowned as king of England .
• August 29 ? Ban Kulin wrote "The Charter of Kulin", which become a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian statehood
• This year was fixed as the start of time immemorial in English law in 1276 .
• Beginning of the Siege of Acre .
• The Crusader castles of Montreal and Kerak are captured by Saladin .

Births [ change | change source ]

• Yuri II , grand prince of Vladimir (d. 1238 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• July 6 ? King Henry II of England (b. 1133 )