1185 facts for kids

Events

• April 25 – Genpei War – Naval battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan
• Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church
• End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan.
• Founding of Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden. The school is the oldest in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe.
• Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the Second Bulgarian Kingdom.
• August 15 – The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia

Births

• April 23 – King Afonso II of Portugal (died 1223)
• Inge II of Norway (died 1217)
• Gertrude of Merania, queen of Andrew II of Hungary (died 1213)

Deaths

• April 25 – Emperor Antoku, 81st emperor of Japan (b. 1178)
• June 16 – Richeza of Poland, daughter of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland
• July 18 – Stefan, first Archbishop of Uppsala
• July 25 – King Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)
• September 12 – Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor
• November 25 – Pope Lucius III
• December 6 – King Afonso I of Portugal (born 1109)
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (born 1161)
• Taira no Munemori, Japanese soldier (born 1147)
• Taira no Noritsune, Japanese soldier (born 1160)
• Taira no Shigehira, Japanese soldier (born 1158)
• Taira no Tomomori, Japanese soldier (born 1152)
• Ibn Tufail, Arab philosopher, physician, and courtier

Images for kids

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  Battle of Dan-no-Ura in Honshu (1185).

See also

In Spanish: 1185 para niños