Murder of Andrey Bogolyubsky
Boyar conspirators kill the prince in his castle
Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir, who had subdued Kiev and tried to rule as an autocrat, was killed at his residence in Bogolyubovo by conspirators from his own circle. A two-year feud followed, won by his brother Vsevolod the Big Nest.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1163–1345 Notre-Dame de Paris begun — 11 years earlier
- 1188 Magdeburg rights — 14 years later
Middle East
- 1191 Third Crusade: capture of Acre — 17 years later
Asia
- 1192–1333 First shogunate in Japan — 18 years later
- 1192 Second Battle of Tarain — 18 years later
Alive at the time
- Saladin (aged 37)
- Genghis Khan (aged 12)
- Hildegard of Bingen (aged 76)
- Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 63)
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (aged 48)
- Zhu Xi (aged 44)
- Henry II (aged 41)
- Minamoto no Yoritomo (aged 27)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 20)
- Richard the Lionheart (aged 17)