1195
Year 1195 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.
Events
- June 1 – Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan.
- July 18 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII.
- The Priory of St Mary's is founded in Bushmead.
- Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II, and becomes Byzantine Emperor.
- Temüjin, in alliance with the Jin dynasty of China, launches his first major campaign against the Tatars. This military action marks a new, formalized phase in Temüjin's rise to power and his ongoing unification of the various steppe tribes.
- The Abbasid Caliph, Al-Nasir, takes military action against the Ayyubid Sultan, Al-Aziz Uthman, who controls Egypt and Syria. The Caliph mobilizes his forces and marches into Mesopotamia, directly challenging Ayyubid authority in the region of Iraq.
Births
- August 15 - Anthony of Padua, Portuguese preacher and saint
- Princess Shōshi of Japan
- Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester
Deaths
- March 3 - Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham
- August 6 - Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria
- October 13 - Gualdim Pais, Great Master of the Templars in Portugal
- December 17 - Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
- Ascelina, French nun and mystic