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Year 1189 (MCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In English law, 1189 - specifically the beginning of the reign of Richard I - is considered the beginning of time immemorial.

Asia

February 18 – Emperor Xiaozong abdicates to Emperor Guangzong.

The beginning of the siege of Acre.

The Crusader castles of Montreal and Kerak are captured by Saladin.

Europe

January 21 – Philip II of France and Henry II of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade.

July 27 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.

August 29 – Ban Kulin writes The Charter of Kulin, which becomes a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian language and statehood.

Henry II of England ends a war against Philip II of France & Richard I of England by agreeing to their terms: he pays Philip 20,000 marks and recognizes Richard as the heir to the English throne. Henry is brokenhearted to find that his second heir, John, had also allied against him in the war. He dies within a few months.

September 3 – Richard the Lionheart is crowned as King of England. He immediately begins selling castles, lordships, privileges, and towns to fund his long-anticipated crusade against Saladin.

The town of Dundalk in the Ireland gains its charter.

Sancho I of Portugal conquers Silves and Alvor with the help of the troops of the Third Crusade.

Henry Fitz Ailwyn is Elected Mayor of the City Of London (Inside of London, England).

Sicilian nobles elect bastard Tancred, Count of Lecce their new king instead of the designated heiress Princess Constance and her husband Prince Henry of Holy Roman Empire to avoid German rule.