1197
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1160s 1170s 1180s – 1190s – 1200s 1210s 1220s |
| Years: | 1194 1195 1196 – 1197 – 1198 1199 1200 |
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| 1197 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1197 MCXCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 1950 |
| Armenian calendar | 646 ԹՎ ՈԽԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5947 |
| Bengali calendar | 604 |
| Berber calendar | 2147 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Ric. 1 – 9 Ric. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1741 |
| Burmese calendar | 559 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6705–6706 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3893 or 3833 — to — 丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3894 or 3834 |
| Coptic calendar | 913–914 |
| Discordian calendar | 2363 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1189–1190 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4957–4958 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1253–1254 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1119–1120 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4298–4299 |
| Holocene calendar | 11197 |
| Igbo calendar | 197–198 |
| Iranian calendar | 575–576 |
| Islamic calendar | 593–594 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenkyū 8 (建久８年) |
| Julian calendar | 1197 MCXCVII |
| Korean calendar | 3530 |
| Minguo calendar | 715 before ROC 民前715年 |
| Seleucid era | 1508/1509 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1739–1740 |
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Year 1197 (MCXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By area
Asia
- Genghis Khan defeats the Jurkins. Mukhali's father gives him and his brother to Genghis Khan as personal hereditary slaves.
- Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as King of Jerusalem.
Europe
- Theobald III becomes Count of Champagne.
- Kaloyan becomes Tsar of Bulgaria.
- Corfu is occupied by the Genoese.
- Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury, negotiates a peace with Wales.
- North Crawley is split into Great Crawley and Little Crawley.
- Philip of Swabia marries Irene Angelina, daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II.
- The Danes attack Estonia.
- Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the city of Toulon in Provence and the benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat on the Lérins Islands.[1]
By topic
Market
- Rainy weather causes the harvest to fail in western Europe. One of the worst famines of the century ensues.[2]
Religion
- Arbroath Abbey is consecrated, and dedicated to St. Thomas Becket.
Births
- October 22 – Emperor Juntoku of Japan (d. 1242)
- Amadeus IV of Savoy (d. 1253)
- Raymond VII of Toulouse (d. 1249)
Deaths
- January – William Longchamp, Lord Chancellor of England and bishop
- April 28 – Rhys ap Gruffydd, Welsh ruler (b. 1132)
- August/September – Marguerite of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1158)
- September 10 – Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
- September 29 – Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)
References
- ↑ Unité mixte de recherche 5648--Histoire et archéologie des mondes chrétiens et musulmans médiévaux. Pays d'Islam et monde latin, Xe-XIIIe siècle: textes et documents. Lyon: Presses Universitaires de Lyon.
- ↑ Chester Jordan, William (1997). The great famine: northern Europe in the early fourteenth century. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-05891-1.