1196
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 11th century – 12th century – 13th century |
| Decades: | 1160s 1170s 1180s – 1190s – 1200s 1210s 1220s |
| Years: | 1193 1194 1195 – 1196 – 1197 1198 1199 |
| 1196 by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders – Sovereign states | |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| Establishments – Disestablishments | |
| Art and literature | |
| 1196 in poetry | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1196 MCXCVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 1949 |
| Armenian calendar | 645 ԹՎ ՈԽԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 5946 |
| Bengali calendar | 603 |
| Berber calendar | 2146 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Ric. 1 – 8 Ric. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1740 |
| Burmese calendar | 558 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6704–6705 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙卯年 (Wood Rabbit) 3892 or 3832 — to — 丙辰年 (Fire Dragon) 3893 or 3833 |
| Coptic calendar | 912–913 |
| Discordian calendar | 2362 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1188–1189 |
| Hebrew calendar | 4956–4957 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1252–1253 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1118–1119 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4297–4298 |
| Holocene calendar | 11196 |
| Igbo calendar | 196–197 |
| Iranian calendar | 574–575 |
| Islamic calendar | 592–593 |
| Japanese calendar | Kenkyū 7 (建久７年) |
| Julian calendar | 1196 MCXCVI |
| Korean calendar | 3529 |
| Minguo calendar | 716 before ROC 民前716年 |
| Seleucid era | 1507/1508 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 1738–1739 |
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Year 1196 (MCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- England is struck by a pestilence and a resulting famine[1]
- Spring – In London, a popular uprising of the poor against the rich is led by William Fitz Osbern.
- Upon the death of Knut Eriksson, he succeeded peacefully as king of Sweden by his rival Sverker the Younger.
- According to a popular legend, Prince Madog of Gwynedd reaches North America in what is present-day Alabama.
- Stefan Prvovencani becomes Grand Župan of Serbia.
- General Ch'oe Ch'ung-hon takes control in Korea.
- First recorded use of "Katherine" as a female first name in England.
Births
- January 3 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
- Alice of Champagne, daughter of Henry II of Champagne and regent of Jerusalem (d. 1246)
Deaths
- April 23 – Béla III of Hungary (b. c.1148)
- August 15 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
- King Alfonso II of Aragon (b. 1152)
- Tsar Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria
- William Fitz Osbern
- Knut Eriksson, king of Sweden since 1167
References
- ↑ King John by Warren. Published by University of California Press in 1961. p. 60
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