1194

Decades: 1140s 1150s 1160s 1170s 1180s - 1190s - 1200s 1210s 1220s 1230s 1240s

Years: 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 - 1194 - 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199

• November 20 - Palermo falls to Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
• December 25 - Henry VI is crowned king of Sicily.
• City of Portsmouth awarded its Royal Charter.
• Henry Marshal becomes Bishop of Exeter.
• Yellow River of China experienced a major course change. It took over the Huai River drainage system for the next 700 years.

• December 26 - Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

• February 20 - Tancred, King of Sicily

• England - Richard I King of England (reigned from 1189 to 1199)
• France - Philippe II, Auguste King of France (reigned from 1180 to 1223)