1194
Year 1194 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.Events
- January 1 - Raja Nooruddin Khan attacks the kingdom of Rajauri in Kashmir, and captures it.
- 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 - Richard I is crowned for the second time 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.
A three-year famine begins 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 saint and nun, follower of Francis of Assisi December 26 - Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorDeaths
February 20 - Tancred, King of Sicily May 5 - King Casimir II of Poland June 27 - Sancho VI, king of Navarre June 28 - Emperor Xiaozong of China July 18 - Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem July 27 - Sviatoslav III of Kiev September 27 - Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman November 15 - Margaret I, Countess of Flanders December - Raymond V of Toulouse December 31 - Duke Leopold V of Austria Basil Vatatzes, Byzantine general
