Events

• John Lackland, becomes King of England

Births

• Isobel of Huntingdon (d. 1251)

Deaths

• February 9 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, founder and first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate of Japan (b. 1147)
• April 6 - King Richard I of England (b. 1157)

Heads of states

• England - Richard I the Lionheart, King of England (reigned 1189 - 1199).
• England - John Lackland, King of England (reigned 1199 - 1216).
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)