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The Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus is dethroned April 8 after a 9-year reign by his brother Alexius while he is off on a hunting trip. Alexius is proclaimed emperor by the troops and begins a disastrous 9-year reign as Alexius III Angelus. He captures Isaac at Stagira in Macedonia, has his eyes put out, and takes him prisoner despite Isaac's having redeemed him from captivity at Antioch and loading him with honors.
The Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich VI arranges the marriage of his brother Philip of Swabia to the Byzantine emperor Isaac's daughter Irene and thus tries to give the Hohenstaufen a new title and a valid claim against the usurper Alexius.
Almohad forces in Muslim Spain gain a crushing victory over Castile's Alfonso VIII July 18 in the Battle of Alarcos (see 1190). Alfonso has invaded the province of Seville, the Almohad caliph Abu Yusuf Yaqub has left his North African capital of Marrakech with an army, and although the Castilians surprise the Muslim advance guard they have underestimated the strength of the Almohads, who receive cavalry support from Alfonso's personal enemy Pedro Fernández de Castro. Alfonso flees with his army back to Toledo, Yaqub returns in triumph to Seville, he assumes the title al-Mansur Billah ("Made Victorious by God"), and the Almohads will march through the country, taking Monánchez, Trujillo, Santa Cruz, and Talavera as they destroy the vineyards of Toledo (but see 1212).
The former duke of Saxony Heinrich der Löwe (Henry the Lion) dies at Brunswick August 6 at age 66 (approximate) and is buried beside his late wife at the cathedral he has had built.
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This article is about the year 1195.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1160s 1170s 1180s – 1190s – 1200s 1210s 1220s |
| Years: | 1192 1193 1194 – 1195 – 1196 1197 1198 |
| 1195 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1195 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1195 MCXCV |
| Ab urbe condita | 1948 |
| Armenian calendar | 644 ԹՎ ՈԽԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5945 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -649–-648 |
| Bengali calendar | 602 |
| Berber calendar | 2145 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Ric. 1 – 7 Ric. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1739 |
| Burmese calendar | 557 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6703–6704 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲寅年十一月十八日 (3831/3891-11-18) — to —
乙卯年十一月廿八日(3832/3892-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 911–912 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1187–1188 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4955–4956 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1251–1252 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1117–1118 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4296–4297 |
| Holocene calendar | 11195 |
| Iranian calendar | 573–574 |
| Islamic calendar | 591–592 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Julian calendar | 1195 MCXCV |
| Korean calendar | 3528 |
| Minguo calendar | 717 before ROC 民前717年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1738 |
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Year 1195 (MCXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- June 1 – Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan.
- July 18 – Battle of Alarcos: Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur decisively defeats Castilian King Alfonso VIII.
- The Priory of St Mary's is founded in Bushmead.
- Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II and becomes Byzantine Emperor.
Births
- August 15 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese preacher and saint (d. 1231)
- Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (d. 1245)
- Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester (d. 1265)
Deaths
- August 6 – Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)
- December 17 – Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
- Gualdim Pais, Great Master of the Templars in Portugal (b. 1118)
- Hugh de Puiset, bishop of Durham (b. c. 1125)
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