Major Events
- Feb 4 Ransom of 100,000 pounds of silver is paid for release of Richard I, King of England, to Holy Roman Emperor Henry V
- May 2 King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter
- Jun 10 Major fire at Chartres Cathedral, France, leads to it rebuilt as the high point of French Gothic style
Born in 1194
- Jul 16 Saint Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi and founder of the Order of Poor Ladies (the Poor Clares), born in Assisi, Italy (d. 1253)
- Dec 26 Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1220-50), King of the Romans (Germany), Sicily and Jerusalem, born in Lesi, Italy (d. 1250)
Who Died in 1194
- Feb 20 Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
- May 5 Casimir II, the Just, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies. Born 1138
- Jun 28 Emperor Xiaozong, 11th emperor of the Song dynasty in China, dies at 66
- Nov 15 Margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies
- Dec 31 Duke Leopold V of Austria (killed at a tournament) (b. 1157)
Richard the Lionheart