1190
ID: 88
Magnetic compass reaches Europe from China via Arab traders - revolutionizing navigation
ID: 88
1190
ID: 159
Christina curls into ball like warm wax during prayer, body becomes unrecognizable sphere - springs back to shape after ecstasy
ID: 159
1190
ID: 201
Maimonides completes 'Guide for the Perplexed' - reconciling Aristotle with Judaism
ID: 201
1190
ID: 223
Teutonic Knights founded in Acre - will conquer and Christianize Baltic region
ID: 223
1190
ID: 2145
Tancred of Bologna writes Ordo iudiciarius - standard procedural manual for ecclesiastical courts, spreads Romano-canonical procedure across Europe
ID: 2145
1190
ID: 2382
Richard I sells offices and lands - 'I would sell London if I could find a buyer' to fund Crusade
ID: 2382
1190
ID: 5202
Philip Augustus builds walls around Paris - massive fortifications including Louvre fortress, Paris becomes true capital
ID: 5202
1190
ID: 5203
Philip Augustus departs on Third Crusade with Richard Lionheart - leaves regency to mother and uncle, returns early
ID: 5203
1190
ID: 5241
Philip Augustus creates baillis - royal officials to administer justice and collect taxes, foundation of centralized state
ID: 5241
1190
ID: 5279
Richard Lionheart as troubadour - English king composes songs in Occitan and French, legend of troubadour Blondel finding him
ID: 5279
1190
ID: 204
March 16, 1190
York Castle massacre - 150 Jews commit suicide rather than forced conversion, worst medieval English pogrom
ID: 204
1190
ID: 203
June 10, 1190
Frederick Barbarossa drowns crossing river in Armenia - German crusade collapses
ID: 203