1198
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| 1198 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1198 MCXCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1951 |
| Armenian calendar | 647 ԹՎ ՈԽԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5948 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1119–1120 |
| Bengali calendar | 605 |
| Berber calendar | 2148 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Ric. 1 – 10 Ric. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1742 |
| Burmese calendar | 560 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6706–6707 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3895 or 3688 — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3896 or 3689 |
| Coptic calendar | 914–915 |
| Discordian calendar | 2364 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1190–1191 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4958–4959 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1254–1255 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1119–1120 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4298–4299 |
| Holocene calendar | 11198 |
| Igbo calendar | 198–199 |
| Iranian calendar | 576–577 |
| Islamic calendar | 594–595 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenkyū 9 (建久９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1106–1107 |
| Julian calendar | 1198 MCXCVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3531 |
| Minguo calendar | 714 before ROC 民前714年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −270 |
| Seleucid era | 1509/1510 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1740–1741 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1324 or 943 or 171 — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1325 or 944 or 172 |
Year 1198 (MCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Asia
- Emperor Tsuchimikado succeeds Emperor Go-Toba, on the throne of Japan.
Europe
- March – Philip of Swabia is elected King of Germany by his supporters.
- July – Otto of Brunswick is crowned King of Germany by the House of Welf.
- Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, is crowned King of Sicily.
- John of England captures a party of eighteen French knights and many men-at-arms, in the ongoing conflict against France.[1] King Richard I of England introduces a new Great Seal, in an attempt to keep the war against France funded. The government proclaims that charters previously struck with the old seal are no longer valid, and must be renewed with a fresh payment.[2] The office of Lord Warden of the Stannaries is also introduced, to tax the produce of tin mines in Cornwall and Devon.[3]
By topic
Religion
- January 8 – Pope Innocent III succeeds Pope Celestine III, to become the 176th pope. He immediately lays an interdict on Laon, in an attempt to stamp out independent beliefs there. This will be followed by interdicts against France in 1199, and Normandy in 1203.
Births
- August 24 – King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
- date unknown
- Ertugrul, Turkish leader, father of Osman I (d. 1281)
- Ferdinand III of Castile (d. 1252)
- Stefan Vladislav, King of Serbia (d. c. 1269)
- Sybilla of Lusignan, queen consort of Armenia, married to Leo II of Armenia (d. c. 1230)
Deaths
- January 8 – Pope Celestine III (b. c. 1106)
- March 11 – Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)
- April 16 – Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. c. 1175)
- July 24 – Berthold of Hanover, Bishop of Livonia
- September 1 – Dulce, Queen of Portugal, married to King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1160)
- November 27 – Constance, Queen of Sicily, married to Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
- December 10 – Averroes, Arab philosopher and physician (b. 1126)
- date unknown
- Ruaidri Ua Conchobair, last High King of Ireland
- Alix of France, Countess Regent of Blois, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1150)
- William III of Sicily (b. 1190)
- William of Newburgh, English historian (b. 1135)