| | M : | Perotinus Magister (Pérotin) born | | PH : | Normans expelled from North Africa | | LT : | Tristan et Iseult, Celtic epic by Beroul and Thomas |
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| | PH : | Frederick Barbarossa destroys Milan | | RP : | Thomas à Becket elected Archbishop of Canterbury |
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| | M : | Magister Leoninus (Léonin) born | | PH : | Quarrel starts between Henry II and Thomas à Becket |
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| | PH : | Becket flees to France | | LT : | Gautier d'Arras: Eracle |
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| | PH : | Malcolm IV dies; succeeded by his brother William the Lion | | PH : | Byzantium allies with Venice against the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa |
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| | M : | The Song of Canute, Eng. ballad by a monk of Ely | | DL : | Assize of Clarendon orders erection of jails in all Eng. counties and boroughs |
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| | PH : | Frederick Barbarossa crowned emperor | | ED : | Oxford University founded |
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| | DL : | Milan rebuilt | | PH : | Bogolubsky sacks Kiev and assumes title of Grand Prince |
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| | PH : | Although Henry II and Becket formally reconciled, Becket returns to Canterbury and is murdered by four Norman knights | | PH : | Albert the Bear dies | | PH : | Saladin of Damascus subdues Egypt | | LT : | Chrétien de Troyes: Lancelot, romance of courtly love | | RP : | Pope Alexander III establishes rules for canonisation of saints | | DL : | "Inquest of Sheriffs", financial inquiry, results in strengthening the Exchequer |
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| | PH : | Queen Eleanor raises Aquitaine against Henry II | | PH : | Reconciliation between Henry II and the Pope | | PH : | The Venice Grand Council restricts the powers of the doges | | ED : | Wace: Roman de Rou, chronicle of Norman dukes |
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| | PH : | Queen Eleanor imprisoned | | PH : | Béla III, King of Hungary | | RP : | Waldensian movement begins at Lyons | | DL : | First authenticated influenza epidemics |
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| | PH : | The Emperor Frederick I buys Tuscany, Spoleto, Sardinia, and Corsica from Welf VI | | PH : | Henry II does penance at Canterbury for murder of Becket | | DL : | Earliest horse races in England |
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| | PH : | The Emperor Frederick I defeated by the Lombard League at Legnano | | PH : | Saladin conquers Syria | | LT : | The first eisteddfod held at Cardigan Castle | | LT : | Romand de Renard, the first version of the Reynard the Fox fables, written in French | | LT : | Walter Map organises the Arthurian legends in their present form | | DL : | Assize of Northampton extends use of Grand Jury |
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| | PH : | Treaty of Ivry between Henry II and Louis VII | | PH : | Peace of Venice between Emperor Frederick I and Pope Alexander III | | DL : | Founding of Belfast |
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| | PH : | Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa crowned King of Burgundy | | DL : | The famous bridge at Avignon built | | RP : | Richard Fitznigel: Dialogus de Saccario, on the financial administration of England |
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| | M : | Hildegard von Bingen dies 17 September |
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| | PH : | Louis VIII of France dies; succeeded by his son Philip II Augustus | | PH : | Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor | | DL : | Ranulf de Glanvill reforms Eng. judicial system | | DL : | Glass windows appear in Eng. private houses | | DL : | First windmills with vertical sails in Europe |
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| | RP : | First Carthusian monastery in England at Witham | | RP : | Pope Lucius III |
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| | PH : | Canute VI, King of Denmark | | RP : | The Jews banished from France |
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| | PH : | Peace of Constance: Lombard League recognised under imperial overlordship | | PH : | The Emperor Alexius II murdered; succeeded by Andronicus I |
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| | PH : | Diet of Mainz: the Emperor Frederick I's power at its height | | PH : | Cyprus frees itself from Byzantium | | PH : | Tamara, Queen of Georgia |
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| | PH : | Isaac II Angelus, Byzantine Emperor | | PH : | Second Bulgarian Empire founded by the brothers Ivan and Peter Asen | | RP : | Pope Urban III | | RP : | Knights Templars established in London |
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| | PH : | Henry VI, son of Frederick Barbarossa, marries Constance, heiress of Sicily, and assumes title of Caesar | | PH : | Beginning of the Kamakura era in Japan |
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| | PH : | Saladin defeats Christians at Hittin and takes Jerusalem | | PH : | Pumjab conquered by Mohammed of Ghor | | RP : | Pope Gregory VIII, followed by Pope Clement III |
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| | PH : | King Henry II of England dies; succeeded by Richard I, Coeur-de-Lion GO ! | | PH : | Third Crusade | | RP : | Massacre of the Jews at the coronation of Richard I | | DL : | First silver florins minted at Florence | | DL : | Commercial treaty between Novgorod and Ger. merchants |
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| | M : | Magister Leoninus (Léonin) dies | | PH : | Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in river Saleph in Cilicia; succeeded by his son Henry VI | | RP : | Order of German Hospitalers founded (transformed in 1198 into Teutonic Order) |
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| | PH : | Richard I conquers Cyprus and sells it to the Templars | | LT : | The Nibelungenlied | | RP : | Pope Celestine III | | DL : | Tea arrives in Japan from China |
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| | PH : | Richard I returns from the Crusade and is captured by Leopold, Duke of Austria | | PH : | Dukedom of Styria becomes part of the Babenberg realm of Austria |
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| | PH : | Richard is handed over to Henry VI and imprisoned | | DL : | Indigo and brazilwood imported from India to Britain for dying purposes |
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| | PH : | Richard I is released and crowned for the second time | | PH : | Henry VI conquers Sicily and is crowned King of Sicily | | LT : | The Elder Edda, collection of Scandinavian mythology |
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| | PH : | Alexius III, Byzantine Emperor |
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| | PH : | Peter II, King of Aragon | | PH : | Emeric I, King of Hungary | | DL : | Heidelberg mentioned in records |
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| | PH : | Ottokar I, King of Bohemia | | PH : | The Emperor Henry VI dies; succeeded by Otto IV |
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| | RP : | Pope Innocent III | | RP : | William of Newburgh: Historia rerum Anglicarum |
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| | PH : | King Richard I, Coeur-de-Lion, killed at a siege in France; succeeded by King John (Lackland), the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine GO ! | | PH : | Declaration of Speyer: Ger. princes confirm the right to elect a king | | DL : | Founding of Liverpool |
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| | PH : | Peace of Le Goulet between England and France
| | ED : | Cambridge University founded
| | RP : | Development of Jewish cabalistic philosophy in southern Europe
| | RP : | Islam begins to replace Indian religions
| | VA : | Early Gothic in England
| | M : | Professional 'bards' in Ireland
| | M : | Cymbals introduced as musical instrument
| | M : | "Carmina Burana", Ger. collection of Latin monastic songs | | ST : | Alcohol is being used for medical purposes
| | DL : | Paris develops into a modern capital
| | DL : | Engagement rings come into fashion
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| | ST : | Pass of St. Gotthard, Switzerland, opened |
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| | ED : | Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci: Liber abaci introduces Arabic numerals in Europe | | PH : | Fourth Crusade under Boniface of Montferrat | | RP : | Decretal "Venerabilem" asserts superiority of papacy over empire | | DL : | The first court jesters at European courts |
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| | PH : | Crusaders take Constantinople and establish Latin Empire | | PH : | The Emperor Michael sets up independent Greek kingdom of Epirus | | ED : | Vincenza University founded | | DL : | Founding of Amsterdam, Holland |
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| | PH : | Declaration of sultanate of Delhi | | PH : | Genghis Khan, chief prince of the Mongols |
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| | RP : | Pope Innocent III places England under interdict | | PH : | Theodore Lascaris founds empire of Nicaea | | PH : | Philip of Swabia, Ger. King murdered by Otto of Wittelsbach |
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| | RP : | Francis of Assisi issues first rules of his brotherhood (the Franciscans) | | PH : | Otto IV crowned emperor in Rome | | PH : | King John invades Scotland and is excommunicated |
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| | PH : | Otto IV excommunicated by Pope Innocent III |
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| | PH : | Alfonso II, King of Portugal |
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| | DL : | Tiles replace thatched and wooden roofs of London houses | | PH : | Children's Crusade | | PH : | Frederick II elected Ger. king and makes Bohemia hereditary kingdom |
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| | PH : | Council of St. Albans, precursor of Parliament | | PH : | King John of England submits to the Pope, making England and Ireland papal fiefs | | PH : | James I of Aragon |
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| | RP : | Dominican Friars founded by the future St. Dominic, Span. priest | | PH : | Frederick II crowned at Aix-la-Chapelle | | PH : | King John seals Magna Carta at Runnymede GO ! | | RP : | Fourth Lateran Council prohibits trial by ordeal |
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| | PH : | King John dies; succeeded by Henry III GO ! | | RP : | Pope Honorius III |
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| | PH : | Haakon IV, King of Norway | | PH : | Crusade against sultanate of Egypt fails | | ED : | Salamanca University founded |
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| | PH : | Peace of Worcester between Henry III and Wales
| | PH : | Otto IV dies
| | DL : | Danneborg, the oldest national flag in the world, adopted by Denmark |
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| | PH : | Henry III crowned at Westminster | | PH : | Frederick II crowned emperor in Rome, his son Henry being elected Ger. king | | M : | Boy's Choir at the Kreuz-Kirche, Dresden, founded | | DL : | The first giraffes are shown in Europe | | M : | Perotinus Magister (Pérotin) dies |
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