1194

1194 (MCXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1194th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 194th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 12th century, and the 5th year of the 1190s decade. As of the start of 1194, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• July 5 – Emperor Guangzong of Sung China was forced to step down.
• November 20 – Palermo falls to Henry VI
• December 25 – Henry VI becomes king of Sicily.
• City of Portsmouth awarded its Royal Charter.
• Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• Yellow River of China experienced a major course change. It took over the Huai River drainage system for the next 700 years.

Births

• July 16 — Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (d. 1253)
• December 26 — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1250)

Deaths

• February 20 — King Tancred of Sicily
• May 5 — King Casimir II of Poland (b. 1138)
• June 27 — King Sancho VI of Navarre (b. c. 1133)
• June 28 — Emperor Xiaozong of China (b. 1127)
• September 27 — Renaud de Courtenay, Anglo-Norman nobleman (b. 1125)
• November 15 — Margaret I of Flanders
• December 31 — Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)
• Benedictus Abbas, English chronicler
• Guy of Lusignan, king consort of Jerusalem (b. c. 1150)
• Raymond V of Toulouse (b. 1134)
• Roger III of Sicily (b. 1175)
• Sviatoslav III of Kiev