| Year | Event |
| c. 1100 | Toltec capital built in Mexico |
| 1113 | Foundation of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem |
| 1147 | Second Crusade begins (to 1148) |
| c. 1150 | Angkor Wat temple built in Cambodia |
| c. 1150 | Yoruba city states in Nigeria |
| 1154 | Angevins rule in England and France |
| c. 1155 | Beginnings of Paris University |
| 1156 | Foundation of Moscow |
| 1163 | Building of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, begins |
| 1170 | Assassination of Thomas à Becket at Canterbury |
| 1175 | Muslim Empire founded in India |
| 1187 | Saladin captures Jerusalem |
| 1189 | Third Crusade begins (to 1192) |
| 1191 | Crusaders capture Acre |
| 1195 | Building of Chartres Cathedral begins |
D. Crystal, The Cambridge Factfinder (Cambridge University Press, 1998)