* 1107 – Emperor Gaozong of Song ( d. 1187 )

* 1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin – Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.

* 1187 – Raynald of Châtillon, French knight ( b. 1125 )

) Principles of Neuroscience, Fourth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000, 1169 – 1187

Duchesne incorporates the Annales Romani ( 1044 – 1187 ) into his edition of the Liber Pontificalis, which otherwise relies on the two earliest known recissions of the work ( 530 and 687 ).

Prior to the 18th century, Afghans have served in the militaries of the Ghaznavids ( 963 – 1187 ), Ghurids ( 1148 – 1215 ), Delhi Sultanate ( 1206 – 1527 ) and the Mughal Empire of India ( 1526 – 1858 ) as well as in the army of the Persian Empire.

* 1226 – King Louis VIII of France ( b. 1187 )

* 1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.

Pope Clement III ( 1130 – 20 March 1191 ), born Paulino ( or Paolo ) Scolari, was elected Pope on 19 December 1187 and reigned until his death.

Pope Gregory VIII ( c. 1100 / 1105 – 17 December 1187 ), born Alberto di Morra, was Pope from 25 October 1187 until his death.

* 1187 – Louis VIII of France ( d. 1226 )

* 1187 – Saladin begins the Siege of Jerusalem.

* November 8 – King Louis VIII of France ( b. 1187 )

* June 12 – Emperor Gaozong of Song of China ( d. 1187 )

The Kurdish Muslim Saladin retook Hebron in 1187 – again with Jewish assistance according to one late tradition, in exchange for a letter of security allowing them to return to the city and build a synagogue there.

# Sophie ( 1161 – 1187 ), married to Margrave William VI of Montferrat.

* March 3 – Vladimir III Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev ( b. 1187 )

* Ferdinand ( 1178 – 1187 ), legitimized through his parents ' subsequent marriage

Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong of Song China | Emperor Gaozong ( 1107 – 1187 ) of Song Dynasty ; fan mounted as album leaf on silk, four columns in cursive script.

Shortly after his accession at the conclusion of the papal election of December 1187, Clement succeeded in allaying the conflict which had existed for half a century between the Popes and the citizens of Rome, with an agreement by which the citizens were allowed to elect their magistrates, while the nomination of the governor of the city remained in the hands of the Pope.

On 21 October 1187, the day after the death of Pope Urban III, Alberto di Morra was elected pope and took the name Gregory VIII in honor of Pope Gregory VII.

Pope Urban III ( died 20 October 1187 ), born Uberto Crivelli, was Pope from 1185 to 1187.

The popes of the destroyed tombs were: Pope John X ( 914-928 ), Pope Agapetus II ( 946-955 ), Pope John XII ( 955-964 ), Pope Paschal II ( 1099 – 1118 ), Pope Callixtus II ( 1119 – 1124 ), Pope Honorius II ( 1124 – 1130 ), Pope Celestine II ( 1143 – 1144 ), Pope Lucius II ( 1144 – 1145 ), Pope Anastasius IV ( 1153 – 1154 ), Pope Clement III ( 1187 – 1191 ), Pope Celestine III ( 1191 – 1198 ), Pope Innocent V ( 1276 ).

Gregory died in Pisa on 17 December 1187 of a fever after holding the papacy for only 57 days.

* Gregory VIII ( pope 1187 )

A general chapter held at Cîteaux in 1187 gave to the Knights of Calatrava their definitive rule, which was approved in the same year by Pope Gregory VIII.

* 1187: Pope Urban III — Pope Gregory VIII — Pope Clement III

Audita tremendi was a papal bull issued by Pope Gregory VIII on October 29, 1187, calling for the Third Crusade.

It was issued just days after Gregory had succeeded Urban III as pope, in response to the defeat of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin on July 4 of 1187.

Louis VIII the Lion ( 5 September 1187 – 8 November 1226 ) reigned as King of France from 1223 to 1226.

In 1187, King Alfonso VIII of Castile made the abbot of San Emeterio lord of the town, and in 1248 Santander participated in the battle for Seville, receiving a coat of arms as reward.

* Louis VIII of France " the Lion " ( 1187 – 1226 )

Finally, on 5 September 1187, she gave birth to the needed heir, the future King Louis VIII of France.

Louis VIII ( 1187 – 1226 ) – the eldest son and heir of Philip Augustus – married Blanche of Castile ( 1188 – 1252 ), a granddaughter of Aliénor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England.

* 1953 – Pope Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.

* 1329 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII ; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

* 1902 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria ( d. 1971 )

* 1923 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria ( d. 2012 )

* 1927 – Pope Benedict XVI

* 1740 – Pope Pius VII ( d. 1823 )

* Pope Adrian II ( 792 – 872 )

* Pope Adrian IV ( c. 1100 – 1159 ), English pope

* Pope Adrian V ( c. 1205 – 1276 )

* Pope Adrian VI ( 1459 – 1523 ), Dutch pope

* 1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.

1185 – 1261 ), Pope from 1254 until his death

* 1215 – Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.

In the list of popes given in the Holy See's annual directory, Annuario Pontificio, the following note is attached to the name of Pope Leo VIII ( 963 – 965 ): At this point, as again in the mid-eleventh century, we come across elections in which problems of harmonising historical criteria and those of theology and canon law make it impossible to decide clearly which side possessed the legitimacy whose factual existence guarantees the unbroken lawful succession of the successors of Saint Peter.

Algardi's large dramatic marble high-relief panel of Pope Leo and Attila ( 1646 – 53 ) for St Peter's Basilica was widely admired in his day, and reinvigorated the use of such marble reliefs.

* Pope Anastasius I – Pope 399 – 401

* Pope Anastasius II – Pope 496 – 498