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Year 1194 (MCXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • February 4 – King Richard I of England is ransomed from Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • c. February 10 – Henry Marshal is nominated Bishop of Exeter in England.
  • March 10 – Sultan Toghrul III is defeated and killed in battle with Ala ad-Din Tekish near Rey in Persia, ending the Seljuq dynasty of Hamedan; the Great Seljuq Empire passes to the Khwarazmian dynasty.
  • March 12–28 – King Richard returns to England and besieges Nottingham Castle to reclaim it from his brother John.
  • April 17 – Second coronation of Richard I at Winchester.
  • May 2 – The port of Portsmouth in England is granted a Royal Charter.
  • May 12 – After settling affairs in England, Richard I leaves for Barfleur in Normandy to reclaim lands lost to Philip II of France.
  • June 10 – A fire at Chartres Cathedral leads to the start of its rebuilding.
  • July 3 – Battle of Fréteval: Richard I of England reconquers his French fiefdoms from Philip II.
  • July 5 – Emperor Guangzong of Song China is forced to give up his throne.
  • November 20 – Palermo in Sicily falls to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • December 25 – Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily.
  • The Danes attack Estonia.
  • Ordinance of the Jewry in England: Strict records are to be kept of financial transactions by Jews in England for taxation purposes.
  • The Yellow River of China experiences a major course change, taking over the Huai River drainage system for the next 700 years.
  • Beginning of a three-year famine in Northern France due to catastrophic rains and hail storms.
  • Hunac Ceel drives the Itza out of Chichen Itza, forcing them to start the Itza Kingdom on Lake Peten Itza.

    • Births

  • July 16 – Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)
  • December 26 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

    • Deaths

  • February 20 – Tancred, King of Sicily
  • May 5 – King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
  • June 27 – King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. c. 1133)
  • June 28 – Emperor Xiaozong of China (b. 1127)
  • July 18 – Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (b. c. 1150)
  • September 27 – Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
  • November 15 – Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
  • December – Raymond V of Toulouse (b. 1134)
  • December 31 – Duke Leopold V of Austria (at a tournament) (b. 1157)
  • Basil Vatatzes, Byzantine general
  • Benedictus Abbas, English chronicler
  • Sviatoslav III of Kiev

    • References

    1194 Wikipedia
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