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| 1188 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1188 MCLXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1941 |
| Armenian calendar | 637 ԹՎ ՈԼԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5938 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1109–1110 |
| Bengali calendar | 595 |
| Berber calendar | 2138 |
| English Regnal year | 34 Hen. 2 – 35 Hen. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1732 |
| Burmese calendar | 550 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6696–6697 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 3885 or 3678 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 3886 or 3679 |
| Coptic calendar | 904–905 |
| Discordian calendar | 2354 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1180–1181 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4948–4949 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1244–1245 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1109–1110 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4288–4289 |
| Holocene calendar | 11188 |
| Igbo calendar | 188–189 |
| Iranian calendar | 566–567 |
| Islamic calendar | 583–584 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunji 4 (文治４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1095–1096 |
| Julian calendar | 1188 MCLXXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3521 |
| Minguo calendar | 724 before ROC 民前724年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −280 |
| Seleucid era | 1499/1500 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1730–1731 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1314 or 933 or 161 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1315 or 934 or 162 |
Year 1188 (MCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- Saladin unsuccessfully besieges the Hospitaller fortress of Krak des Chevaliers, in modern Syria.
- Newgate Prison is built in London.
- Richard Lionheart allies with Philip II of France against his father, Henry II of England.
- Giraldus Cambrensis and Baldwin of Exeter travel through Wales, attempting to recruit men for the Third Crusade.
- The "Saladin tithe" is levied in England.
- Alfonso IX of León becomes king of Leon.
- Queen Tamar of Georgia marries David Soslan.
- The legendary Cutting of the elm occurs at Gisors, in Normandy.
- Alfonso IX of León convenes at the Basilica of San Isidoro the Cortes of León, with representatives of the nobility, clergy and towns. These Corteses are considered to be the first parliament in Europe.
Births
- March 4 – Blanche of Castile, queen and regent of France (d. 1252)
Deaths
- January 22 – Ferdinand II of León (b. 1137)
- October 11 – Robert I, Count of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France (b. c. 1123)
- November 17 – Usama ibn Munqidh, Arab chronicler (b. 1095)
- Aoife MacMurrough, Irish noble, Lady of Leinster (b. 1145)