Notre-Dame de Paris begun
Nearly two centuries of work on a model of French Gothic
The first stone of Notre-Dame de Paris was laid in 1163 under Bishop Maurice de Sully. Construction lasted nearly two centuries and was completed around 1345.
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When Prince Igor marched against the Polovtsians in 1185, Notre-Dame had been under construction for 22 years. It would not be finished until the mid-14th century.
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Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1185 Prince Igor's campaign — 22 years later
Alive at the time
- Saladin (aged 26)
- Genghis Khan (aged 1)
- Hildegard of Bingen (aged 65)
- Andrey Bogolyubsky (aged 52)
- Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (aged 37)
- Henry II (aged 30)
- Minamoto no Yoritomo (aged 16)
- Vsevolod the Big Nest (aged 9)
- Richard the Lionheart (aged 6)
- Louis VII the Young (aged 43)