WHAT HAPPENED IN 12. CENTURY
Find out what all happened in the 12. century

Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. (27. May 1153)

John is crowned King of England. (27. May 1199)

Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez. (29. May 1108)

Battle of Monte Porzio – A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel (29. May 1167)

Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. (29. May 1176)

The French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy. (3. June 1140)

Richard I arrives in Acre (Palestine) thus beginning his crusade. (8. June 1191)

Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. (10. June 1190)

Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. (11. June 1184. BC)

Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. (14. June 1158)

King Magnus V of Norway is killed at the Battle of Fimreite. (15. June 1184)

Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision. (18. June 1178)

The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle changes the tide of the civil wars. (19. June 1179)

First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan. (23. June 1180)

Battle of São Mamede, near Guimarães: forces led by Alfonso I defeat forces led by his mother Teresa of León and her lover Fernando Pérez de Traba. After this battle, the future king calls himself "Prince of Portugal", the first step towards "official independence" that will be reached in 1139 after the Battle of Ourique. (24. June 1128)

Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. (29. June 1149)

Sverre is crowned King of Norway. (29. June 1194)

Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. (4. July 1120)

The Crusades: Battle of Hattin – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. (4. July 1187)

Richard I "the Lionheart" accedes to the English throne. (6. July 1189)