1185

Events

• April 25 - Genpei War - Sea Battle of Dan-no-ura leads to Minamoto victory in Japan
• Templars settle in London and begin the building of New Temple Church
• End of the Heian Period and beginning of the Kamakura period in Japan.
• Founding of Katedralskolan in Lund, Sweden. The school is the oldest in northern Europe, and one of the oldest in Europe.
• Peter and Asen led a revolt of the Vlachs and Bulgars against the Byzantine Empire, eventually establishing the Second Bulgarian Kingdom .

Births

• April 23 - king Afonso II of Portugal

Deaths

• November 25 - Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
• December 6 - Afonso, first king of Portugal (b. 1109)
• Emperor Antoku of Japan, the child emperor (b. 1178)
• Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (b. 1161)

Heads of states

• England - Henry II Curt Mantle, King of England (reigned 1154 – 1189)
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned 1180 – 1223)