1198

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	11th century – 12th century – 13th century
Decades:	1160s  1170s  1180s  – 1190s –  1200s  1210s  1220s
Years:	1195 1196 1197 – 1198 – 1199 1200 1201

Events

• End of the reign of Emperor Go-Toba, emperor of Japan
• Emperor Tsuchimikado ascends to the throne of Japan
• January 8 – Pope Innocent III ascends Papal Throne
• Frederick II, infant son of German King Henry VI, crowned King of Sicily

Births

• August 24 — King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
• Ertugrul, Turkish leader, father of Osman I (d. 1281)
• Ferdinand III of Castile (d. 1252)
• Sybilla of Lusignan, wife of Leo II of Armenia (d. c. 1230)

Deaths

• January 8 — Pope Celestine III (b. c. 1106)
• March 11 — Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)
• April 16 — Duke Frederick I of Austria (b. c. 1175)
• September 1 — Dulce Berenguer, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Sancho I of Portugal (b. 1160)
• November 27 — Queen Constance of Sicily, wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1154)
• December 10 — Averroes, Arab philosopher and physician (b. 1126)
• Ruaidri mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair, High King of Ireland
• Alix of France, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1150)
• William III of Sicily (b. 1190)
• June 2 — Lord Ygo III of Galama, Frisian knight and nobleman (b. 1139)
• William of Newburgh, English historian (b. 1135)