1193

Years: 1190 1191 1192 - 1193 - 1194 1195 1196

Decades: 1160s 1170s 1180s - 1190s - 1200s 1210s 1220s

Centuries: 11th century - 12th century - 13th century

Events

• 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

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

Deaths

• Balian of Ibelin, noble of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
• Düsum Khyenpa, 1st Gyalwa Karmapa (born 1110)
• Minamoto no Noriyori, Japanese general (born 1156)
• Emperor Renzong of Western Xia, 5th emperor of the Western Xia dynasty
• Saladin, Sultan of the Kurdish Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria

Heads of states

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