Major Events
- Apr 14 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
- Jun 8 King Richard I of England arrives at Acre in modern day Israel to join the Siege of Acre during the Third Crusade
- Jul 12 Third Crusade: City of Acre surrenders to English King Richard I the Lionheart and the Crusaders after a siege of nearly two years
Who Died in 1191
- Jan 20 Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
- Mar 20 Clement III [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
- Jun 1 Philips van de Elzas, count of Vlanderen, dies
- Aug 13 Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies