Military coup in Goryeo
Generals take power from the kings for a century
Military officers led by Jeong Jung-bu, humiliated by court officials, massacred civil dignitaries and deposed King Uijong. For almost a century Goryeo was ruled by military dictators, from 1196 by the Choe family.
Wikipedia (English) · 12th century
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1163–1345 Notre-Dame de Paris begun — 7 years earlier
- 1188 Magdeburg rights — 18 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — 15 years later
Middle East
- 1191 Third Crusade: capture of Acre — 21 years later
Africa
- 1147 The Almohads take Marrakesh — 23 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Saladin (aged 33)
- Genghis Khan (aged 8)
- Hildegard of Bingen (aged 72)
- Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 59)
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (aged 44)
- Zhu Xi (aged 40)
- Henry II (aged 37)
- Minamoto no Yoritomo (aged 23)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 16)
- Richard the Lionheart (aged 13)