- Apr 14 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
- 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
- Aug 20 2,000 Muslim prisoners killed after the Siege of Acre, reportedly on the orders of Crusader King Richard I, during the Third Crusade
- Sep 7 Third Crusade: Richard I of England defeats Saladin in the Battle of Arsuf