1197

1197 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1197; MCXCVII
Ab urbe condita	1950
Armenian calendar	646; ԹՎ ՈԽԶ
Assyrian calendar	5947
Balinese saka calendar	1118–1119
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); 3894 or 3687; — to —; 丁巳年 (Fire Snake); 3895 or 3688
Coptic calendar	913–914
Discordian calendar	2363
Ethiopian calendar	1189–1190
Hebrew calendar	4957–4958
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1253–1254
- Shaka Samvat	1118–1119
- Kali Yuga	4297–4298
Holocene calendar	11197
Igbo calendar	197–198
Iranian calendar	575–576
Islamic calendar	593–594
Japanese calendar	Kenkyū 8; (建久８年)
Javanese calendar	1104–1106
Julian calendar	1197; MCXCVII
Korean calendar	3530
Minguo calendar	715 before ROC; 民前715年
Nanakshahi calendar	−271
Seleucid era	1508/1509 AG
Thai solar calendar	1739–1740
Tibetan calendar	阳火龙年; (male Fire-Dragon); 1323 or 942 or 170; — to —; 阴火蛇年; (female Fire-Snake); 1324 or 943 or 171

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century; 12th century ; 13th century;
Decades:	1170s; 1180s; 1190s ; 1200s; 1210s;
Years:	1194; 1195; 1196; 1197 ; 1198; 1199; 1200;

Year 1197 (MCXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

Spring – Emperor Henry VI travels to Italy to persuade Pope Celestine III to crown his infant son Frederick II, who has been elected "King of the Romans" at Frankfurt.
King Richard I (the Lionheart) has Château Gaillard (Normandy) built on the Seine River as he fights to restore Angevin power in northern France (approximate date).
Summer – Henry VI takes cruel measures to put down an insurrection in Sicily and southern Italy, which has been provoked by the oppression of his German officials.
September 28 – Henry VI dies of malaria at Messina (also possibly poisoned),^[1] while preparing an expedition against the Byzantine usurper Alexios III (Angelos).
Autumn – A German civil war begins upon the sudden death of Henry VI. Henry's brother, Philip of Swabia, takes over the family lands and claims his inheritance.^[2]
Winter – Duke Ottokar I forces his brother, Vladislaus III, to abandon Bohemia. Ottokar restores power and Vladislaus accepts the margravial title of Moravia.
Saracen pirates, from the Balearic Islands, raid the city of Toulon in Provence, and the Benedictine monastery of Saint Honorat, on the Lérins Islands.^[3]
Northern Crusades: Danish forces led by King Canute VI raid the area of present-day Estonia.^[4]

April 28 – Rhys ap Gruffydd, a Welsh prince, dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Gruffydd ap Rhys II. With the help of Gwenwynwyn ap Owain, his brother Maelgwn ap Rhys invades southern Wales.
Summer – Gruffydd ap Rhys II is captured and handed over to Gwenwynwyn ap Owain, who transfers him to the English. Gruffydd is imprisoned at Corfe Castle and Maelgwn ap Rhys claims the throne.

September 10 – Henry I (or Henry II), king of Jerusalem, dies from falling out a first-floor window at his palace in Acre. His widow, Isabella I, becomes regent while the kingdom is thrown into consternation.^[5]

Genghis Khan (or Temüjin) defeats, with help from the Keraites, the Jurchens of the Jin Dynasty. The Jin bestowes Genghis' blood brother Toghrul with the honorable title of Ong Khan, and Genghis receives the lesser title of j'aut quri. During the winter, Toghrul returns and re-establishes himself as leader of the Keraites.^[6]

^ "Henry VI died in Messina, poisoned, so it was believed, by his own entourage because of his Italian policy." P. 41 in Kenneth Varty (editor), Reynard the Fox: Social Engagement and Cultural Metamorphoses in the Beast Epic from the Middle Ages to the Present (Berghahn Books, 2000). ISBN 1-57181-737-9.
^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, pp. 92–93. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Sulev Vahtre (2007). Eesti ajalugu: kronoloogia, 2007. Printed by "Olion". Pg 21.
^ Steven Runciman (1952). A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre, p. 78. ISBN 978-0-241-29877-0.
^ Biran, Michal (2012). Genghis Khan, p. 35. London: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-78074-204-5.

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