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 Emperor
Deaths
- 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
