Events Anti-Jewish riots break out in England. Richard I of England (the Lion-Hearted) is crowned. March 17 — A massacre and mass-suicide of the Jews of York, England, prompted by the Crusaders and Richard Malebys, result in the deaths of 150–500 Jews in Clifford's Tower. June 10 — Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem. October 4 — Richard I of England threatens war against Tancred of Sicily, and capt… (More on 1190)