1193 ( MCXCIII ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar , the 1193rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 193rd year of the 2nd millennium , the 93rd year of the 12th century , and the 4th year of the 1190s decade. As of the start of 1193, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• Saladin dies, and the lands of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria are split among his descendants.
• Qutb-ud-Din , a Ghurid slave commander, captures Delhi .
• Muhammad Khilji , a general under the command of Qutb-ud-Din sacks and burns Nalanda , India's greatest Buddhist university.
• Philip II of France marries Ingeborg, daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark .

Births [ change | change source ]

• William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (d. 1254 )
• Albertus Magnus , German philosopher and theologian (d. 1280 )
• John III Ducas Vatatzes , Byzantine Emperor (d. 1254 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• March 4 ? Saladin , Sultan of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria (b. c. 1138 )
• Balian of Ibelin , noble of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (b. early 1140s )
• Dusum Khyenpa , 1st Gyalwa Karmapa (b. 1110 )
• Minamoto no Noriyori , Japanese general (b. 1156 )
• Emperor Renzong of Western Xia , 5th emperor of the Western Xia dynasty (b. 1124 )
• Fan Chengda , Chinese poet

Heads of states [ change | change source ]

• England ? Richard I King of England (reigned 1189 ? 1199 )
• France ? Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned 1180 ? 1223 )
• Byzantine Empire ? Isaac II Angelus (reigned 1185 to 1195 , and 1203 ? 1204 )
• Pope ? Celestine III (Pope 1191 ? 1198 )
• China ? Emperor Guangzong of Song (reigned 1189 - 1194 )