* 1187 – Pope Gregory VIII

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

* 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.

Battle of Hattin | Battle of the Horns of Hattin in 1187, the turning point in the Crusades

In 1187, Saladin defeated the armies of the Crusades at the Battle of Hattin, largely because he was able to cut the Crusaders off from the valuable fresh water of the Sea of Galilee.

Virtually the entire Kingdom of Jerusalem passed into Ayyubid hands after their victory against the Crusades | Crusader s in the Battle of Hattin in 1187 ; illustration from Les Passages faits Outremer par les Français contre les Turcs et autres Sarrasins et Maures outremarins, circa 1490

Thereafter the Counts of Bigorre, notable participants in the Reconquista, the Crusades, and the war against the Cathars, strongly asserted their independence, though on a few occasions they prudently acknowledged the suzerainty of another ; as of Alfonso II of Aragon in 1187.

Amalric was among those captured with his brother after the disastrous Battle of Hattin in 1187.

In 1187, the Ayyubid Sultan, Saladin, defeated the Crusaders in the Battle of Hattin ( above Tiberias ), taking Jerusalem and most of Palestine.

In 1187, the Crusaders were evicted by the Ayyubid forces of Saladin after their victory in the Battle of Hattin, and the town slowly went into decline.

On July 4, 1187, the army of the kingdom was utterly destroyed at the Battle of Hattin.

After the Templars were involved in several unsuccessful campaigns, including the pivotal Battle of the Horns of Hattin, Jerusalem was captured by Saladin's forces in 1187.

The town returned to Muslim control in 1187 following the victory of Saladin in the Battle of Hattin.

According to legend, he died of grief upon hearing news of the defeat of the Crusaders in July 1187 at the Battle of Hattin.

On July 4, 1187, at the Battle of Hattin, he faced the combined forces of Guy of Lusignan, King Consort of Jerusalem and Raymond III of Tripoli.

* 1187: On July 4, in the Battle of Hattin, Saladin defeats the king of Jerusalem.

Saladin defeated King Guy at the Battle of Hattin in 1187, and went on to capture Jerusalem and almost every other city of the kingdom, except the seat of William's archdiocese, Tyre.

Following their victory at the Battle of Hattin, Saladin's Ayyubid army captured Haifa in mid-July 1187.

Sibylla and Guy's rule proved to be disastrous, and the kingdom was nearly wiped out by Saladin after the Battle of Hattin in 1187.

Guy's reign was marked by increased hostilities with the Ayyubids ruled by Saladin, culminating in the disastrous Battle of Hattin in July 1187 — during which Guy was captured — and the fall of Jerusalem itself three months later.

The Battle of Hattin ( also known as " The Horns of Hattin " because of a nearby extinct volcano of the same name ) took place on Saturday, July 4, 1187, between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the forces of the Ayyubid dynasty.

Most of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and beyond Jordan River fell to Saladin after his victory at the Battle of Hattin in 1187.

It was captured by Saladin during the Battle of Hattin in 1187, and while some Christian rulers, like Richard the Lionheart, Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos and Tamar, Queen of Georgia, sought to ransom it from Saladin, the cross was not returned and subsequently disappeared from historical records.

An embassy, led by Balian of Ibelin, was sent by Guy to negotiate with Raymond, but Saladin's troops ambushed them at the Battle of Cresson in May 1187.

Guy and Raymond were dispatched to the front with the entire fighting strength of the kingdom, but their inability to cooperate was fatal, and Saladin routed them at the Battle of Hattin on July 4, 1187.

As the site of the Battle of Hattin in 1187, in which Saladin conquered most of Palestine from the Crusaders, it has become an Arab nationalist symbol.

Hittin was located near the site of the Battle of Hattin, where Saladin defeated the Crusaders in 1187.