1191

• Japanese Buddhist monk Eisai, brings Zen to Japan from China.
• English king Richard I shatters the myth of Saladin's invincibility by defeating him in the Battle of Arsuf as part of the Third Crusade.
• Seeking to obtain more donations and attention, the monks at Glastonbury Abbey in England perpetrate an elaborate hoax in "discovering" the "graves" of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere on the Abbey's lands.

These people were born in 1191:

• Yaroslav II, Grand Duke of the Russian city-state of Vladimir.

These people died in 1191:

• Pope Clement III.
• Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia.
• William III, Marquis of Montferrat, peacefully in his bed in Tyre, during a lull in the Crusade.

1190 - 1191 - 1192

12th century

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