1183
Year 1183 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.Events
By area
Byzantine Empire
- Three-year-old Emperor Go-Toba ascends to the throne of Japan, after the forced abdication of his brother Emperor Antoku, during the Genpei War.
- August 14 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures, and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.
- November 17 - The Battle of Mizushima takes place.
Near East
- February - Raynald of Châtillon has at least five ships freighted over the Isthmus of Suez, which he then uses to pillage the shores of the Red Sea as far as the gates of Mecca.
- William of Tyre is excommunicated by the newly appointed Heraclius of Jerusalem, firmly ending their struggle for power.
- The Siege of Kerak is waged between the Ayyubids and the Crusaders, in which regent Guy of Lusignan refuses to fight.
- Saladin conquers Syria and becomes sultan.
Births
- Chagatai Khan, Second son of Genghis Khan, Khan of the Chagatai Khanate
- Philippa of Armenia, empress consort of Nicaea
Deaths
- June 11 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England
- July - Maria Komnene, Byzantine princess
- October - Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor
- November 23 - William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester
- Renier of Montferrat, Italian husband of Maria Komnene
- Queen Gongye, Korean queen consort
