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1195 CE

Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan. Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII. The Abbasid Caliph, Al-Nasir, takes military action against the Ayyubid Sultan, Al-Aziz Uthman, who controls Egypt and Syria. The Caliph mobilizes his forces and marches into Mesopotamia, directly challenging Ayyubid authority in the region of Iraq.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • Temüjin, in alliance with the Jin dynasty of China, launches his first major campaign against the Tatars. This military action marks a new, formalized phase in Temüjin's rise to power and his ongoing unification of the various steppe tribes.source

Conflict & Security

  • June 1 – Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan.source
  • July 18 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII.source
  • Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II, and becomes Byzantine Emperor.source

Religion & Belief

  • The Abbasid Caliph, Al-Nasir, takes military action against the Ayyubid Sultan, Al-Aziz Uthman, who controls Egypt and Syria. The Caliph mobilizes his forces and marches into Mesopotamia, directly challenging Ayyubid authority in the region of Iraq.source
  • The Priory of St Mary's is founded in Bushmead.source

Births

  • August 15 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese preacher and saint (d. 1231)source
  • Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester (d. 1265)source
  • Princess Shōshi of Japan (d. 1211)source

Deaths

  • March 3 – Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (b. c. 1125)source
  • August 6 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)source
  • October 13 – Gualdim Pais, Great Master of the Templars in Portugal (b. 1118)source
  • December 17 – Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)source
  • Ascelina, French nun and mystic (b. 1121)source