1198

1198 (MCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1198th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 198th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 12th century, and the 9th year of the 1190s decade. As of the start of 1198, the Gregorian calendar was 7 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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

1198 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1198 MCXCVIII
Ab urbe condita	1951
Armenian calendar	647 ԹՎ ՈԽԷ
Assyrian calendar	5948
Balinese saka calendar	1119–1120
Bengali calendar	605
Berber calendar	2148
English Regnal year	9 Ric. 1 – 10 Ric. 1
Buddhist calendar	1742
Burmese calendar	560
Byzantine calendar	6706–6707
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 3894 or 3834     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 3895 or 3835
Coptic calendar	914–915
Discordian calendar	2364
Ethiopian calendar	1190–1191
Hebrew calendar	4958–4959
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1254–1255
- Shaka Samvat	1119–1120
- Kali Yuga	4298–4299
Holocene calendar	11198
Igbo calendar	198–199
Iranian calendar	576–577
Islamic calendar	594–595
Japanese calendar	Kenkyū 9 (建久９年)
Javanese calendar	1106–1107
Julian calendar	1198 MCXCVIII
Korean calendar	3531
Minguo calendar	714 before ROC 民前714年
Nanakshahi calendar	−270
Seleucid era	1509/1510 AG
Thai solar calendar	1740–1741
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1324 or 943 or 171     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1325 or 944 or 172

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)