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 | 
| 1197 by topic | |
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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.
 
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