Timeline June 1183

Events in June 1183 4

• 1155 – 1183 Henry the Young King (1155-1183) Died 11 June 1183, aged 28 Henry, eldest surviving son of Henry II of England, was crowned king during his father's lifetime but given little real power, leading him to rebel repeatedly against his father. He died of dysentery while campaigning against Henry II in Limousin, never having reigned independently. His death ended one of the bitterest family conflicts of the Angevin dynasty.
• 1183 Battle of Kurikara Minamoto no Yoshinaka crushes a Taira army in the Genpei War Minamoto no Yoshinaka's forces used a night ambush to rout a much larger Taira army at Kurikara Pass. The defeat shattered Taira military strength in central Japan and opened the road to the capital. It is remembered as one of the decisive battles of the Genpei War.
• 1183 Saladin captures Aleppo Key Syrian stronghold falls to the Ayyubid leader Saladin took control of Aleppo from its Zengid ruler after a negotiated surrender, a major step in unifying Muslim Syria and Egypt under his rule. The conquest removed one of the last major rivals to his authority in the region. It positioned him to turn his full strength against the Crusader states in the years that followed.
• 1183 Treaty of Constance Frederick Barbarossa makes peace with the Lombard League Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I and the cities of the Lombard League signed a peace ending decades of conflict over imperial authority in northern Italy. The treaty confirmed the cities' rights to self-government, fortification, and local jurisdiction while preserving nominal imperial overlordship. It stabilized northern Italy and set a model for city-state autonomy within the empire.