Genpei War 1180–1185

Minamoto clan ⚔ Taira clan

Key battles

• Battle of Uji (1180)
• Battle of Ishibashiyama (1180)
• Battle of Fujigawa (1180)
• Siege of Nara (1181)
• Battle of Sunomata-gawa (1181)
• Battle of Kurikara (1183)
• Siege of Hiuchi (1183)
• Battle of Ichi-no-Tani (1184)
• Battle of Uji (1184)
• Battle of Awazu (1184)
• Battle of Yashima (1185)

Who lived through the Genpei War

Well-known people alive during 1180–1185:

• Genghis Khan (1162–1227) — founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)
• Saladin (1138–1193) — Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)
• Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) — Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
• Averroes (1126–1198) — Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
• Zhu Xi (1130–1200) — Chinese historian, neo-Confucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)
• Fibonacci (1170–1240) — Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
• Richard I of England (1157–1199) — King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
• Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204) — Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
• Frederick Barbarossa (1122–1190) — Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
• Shota Rustaveli (1172–1216) — Georgian poet
• Innocent III (1160–1216) — Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216
• John, King of England (1166–1216) — King of England from 1199 to 1216
• Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1202) — Persian poet
• Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) — Sufi scholar and Sunni philosopher (1165–1240)
• Henry II of England (1133–1189) — King of England from 1154 to 1189
• Gregory IX (1170–1241) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1227 to 1241
• Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) — Icelandic historian, poet and politician (AD 1179–1241)
• Gregory VIII (1100–1187) — Pope of the Roman Catholic Church in 1187
• Philip II of France (1165–1223) — King of France, and the first to be called by that title (1165–1223)
• Honorius III (1148–1227) — head of the Catholic Church from 1216 to 1227
• Saint Dominic (1170–1221) — founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
• Celestine III (1106–1198) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1191 to 1198
• Eugene III (1153–1200) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1145 to 1153
• Lucius III (1110–1185) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185 (1110–1185)
• Clement III (1124–1191) — pope of the Catholic Church from 1188 to 1191

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